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
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.
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Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
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There’s the ubiquitous sloshing of bright red hurricanes in curvaceous cocktail glasses, the sizzling of beignets in fryers and the bubbling of boiling crawfish on stovetops.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Chai is a traditional drink from India that's made from boiling black tea (often Assam tea) with milk and sugar.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Parboiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parboiling. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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