parboil

parboil is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To boil or cook thoroughly. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To boil or cook thoroughly.
2. transitive verb. To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.
3. verb. cook (vegetables) briefly

   "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

   Synonyms: blanch

Synonyms

blanch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in parboil:

bipolar

Common word forms

parboils, parboiled, parboiling

Words from these letters

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