PARBOIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parboil mean? 

• PARBOIL (verb)
  The verb PARBOIL has 1 sense:

1. cook (vegetables) briefly

  Familiarity information: PARBOIL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARBOIL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they parboil    ... he / she / it parboils   
Past simple: parboiled   
Past participle: parboiled   
-ing form: parboiling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook (vegetables) briefly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blanch; parboil

Context example:

Parboil the beans before freezing them

Hypernyms (to "parboil" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs parboil the vegetables

 Context examples 

Parboiling of both whole grain and rough rice also enhanced copper, iron and phosphorus, while potassium content decreased, the study found.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

They have a parboiled appearance, are afflicted with hang-nails, while the nails are broken and discoloured, and the edges of the quick seem to be assuming a fungoid sort of growth.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

On the other hand, when parboiling unhusked rice, the high levels of arsenic in the husk can get transferred to the grain during the parboiling process.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

The scientists, tested the efficiency of the modified parboiling process at 13 locations across Bangladesh and found that it removed 25 per cent of arsenic in whole grain rice across all sites.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

Parboiling whole grain fortifies polished rice grain with calcium by 213 per cent. This is thought to be due to migration of calcium from the outer layer of rice to inner layers during parboiling.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

Husked whole grain parboiling lets inorganic arsenic escape, the researchers explained.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

However, according to a study, the traditional method of parboiling does not remove inorganic arsenic which naturally occurs in groundwater and contaminates the husk.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

About half of the 700 million tonnes of rice harvested annually across the world is subjected to parboiling.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

But an international study has shown that husking rice before parboiling reduces arsenic content, potentially lowering the risk of cancer.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

Parboiling rice in-the-husk is the traditional method by which rough rice is soaked in water and then partially cooked to nutritionally improve it and make it easier to process or store.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)