parboil Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cook (vegetables) briefly
    blanch.
    • Parboil the beans before freezing them

WordNet

Par"boil` transitive verb
Etymology
OE. parboilen, OF. parbouillir to cook well; par through (see Par) + bouillir to boil, L. bullire. The sense has been influenced by E. part. See lst Boil.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Parboiled ; present participle & verbal noun Parboiling
Definitions
  1. To boil or cook thoroughly. Obs. B. Jonson.
  2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling. the only def. in MW10. Also, used figuratively for "do (something) partly, incompletely"

Webster 1913