Parboil

  • 21parboil — par•boil [[t]ˈpɑrˌbɔɪl[/t]] v. t. coo to boil partially or briefly, as to facilitate further cooking • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME: to boil partly, (rarely) to boil fully < MF parboillir < LL perbullīre to boil through and through (see per …

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  • 22parboil — /ˈpabɔɪl / (say pahboyl) verb (t) to boil partially, or for a short time. {Middle English parboyle(n) boil fully, from Old French parbouillir, from Late Latin perbullīre. (The current meaning arose in early Modern English from a false… …

  • 23parboil — бланшировать …

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  • 24parboil — v.tr. partly cook by boiling. Etymology: ME f. OF parbo(u)illir f. LL perbullire boil thoroughly (as PER , bullire boil: confused with PART) …

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  • 25bipolar — parboil …

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  • 26Perbuille — parboil …

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  • 27Parboiled — 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 …

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  • 28Parboiling — 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 …

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  • 29boil — n *abscess, furuncle, carbuncle, pimple, pustule boil vb Boil, seethe, simmer, parboil, stew mean to prepare (as food) in a liquid heated to the point where it emits considerable steam. Boil implies the bubbling of the liquid and the rapid escape …

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  • 30boil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sore, suppuration. See convexity. v. bubble, seethe; scald; cook; fume, rage. See disease, heat, violence, agitation, excitability, food. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To subject to or continue boiling] …

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