1. to bake (food, especially bread or pastry) partially or incompletely, typically to finish cooking later
Usage: cooking term; transitive verb

Examples

• The bakery parbakes the croissants in the morning so they can be finished fresh for afternoon service.
• You can parbake the pie crust for 10 minutes before adding the filling.
• Many frozen bread products are parbaked at the factory and then baked fresh at home.
• She decided to parbake the cookies and store them to bake completely later.
• The recipe calls for parbaking the vegetables before roasting them with the meat.