parboil

Questions about parboil

What does parboil mean?

parboil means "cook (vegetables) briefly".

How many syllables are in parboil?

parboil has 2 syllables: par-boil. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹˌbɔɪl/.

What is another word for parboil?

Close synonyms include blanch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parboil a common word?

parboil is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with parboil?

2 words rhyme with parboil. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.