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parboils

parboils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parboil.

Meaning of parboil

Verb

parboil (third-person singular simple present parboils, present participle parboiling, simple past and past participle parboiled)

  1. To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

Questions about parboils

What is parboils the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Parboils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of parboil.

Words near parboils in the dictionary

  1. parboiled
  2. parboiler
  3. parboilers
  4. parboiling
  5. parboilings
  6. parboils
  7. Parbold
  8. parbreak
  9. parbreaked
  10. parbreaking
  11. parbreaks

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