parboiled

past tense of parboil
as in boiled
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam parboil a lobster

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boiled
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  • While visiting, travelers can explore century-old shops and eat lobster boiled straight out of the ocean.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The abacá fibers are harvested three times a year, cut, stripped, dried and bundled before being boiled and pressed into sheets for shipping to Taiwan.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Parboiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parboiled. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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