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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: parboil (0.03621 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to parboil.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: parboil
parboil
v : cook (vegetables) briefly;
“Parboil the beans before
freezing them” [syn:
blanch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Parboil
Parboil
\Par"boil`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Parboiled; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Parboiling.] [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 1st
Boil.]
1. To boil or cook thoroughly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hence: (Fig.) To do (something) only part way, or
incompletely. Also used intransitively.
[PJC]
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