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preboil

preboil verb: to boil in advance.

Verb

preboil (third-person singular simple present preboils, present participle preboiling, simple past and past participle preboiled)

  1. (transitive) To boil in advance.

Forms of preboil

third-person singular presentpreboils
present participlepreboiling
past participlepreboiled
pastpreboiled

Origin of preboil

From pre- + boil.

Questions about preboil

What does preboil mean?
Preboil means to boil in advance.
What part of speech is preboil?
Preboil is a verb.
What is the past tense of preboil?
The past tense of preboil is preboiled.

Words near preboil in the dictionary

  1. preboard
  2. preboarded
  3. preboarding
  4. preboards
  5. preboding
  6. preboil
  7. preboiled
  8. preboiling
  9. preboils
  10. prebolus
  11. prebolused

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