as in boiling
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam
parboil a lobster
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Recent Examples of parboiling
Gnocchi and mushrooms roast without parboiling, then get finished with creamy ricotta and lemon to cut through the richness.
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Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
However, unlike death cap mushrooms and destroying angels, many of the toxins found in Amanita muscaria are water-soluble and can be removed by parboiling them prior to cooking or by other means.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
However, unlike death cap mushrooms and destroying angels, many of the toxins found in Amanita muscaria are water-soluble and can be removed by parboiling them prior to cooking or by other means.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parboiling
boiling
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The waters the real Dahl waded into were boiling then and haven’t dropped a degree since.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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The official was one of three who compared their recent experience at NRC to being in a pot of slowly boiling water.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Parboiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parboiling. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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