preheat

From pre- +‎ heat.

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈhiːt/

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• Rhymes: -iːt

preheat (third-person singular simple present preheats, present participle preheating, simple past and past participle preheated)

1. (transitive) To heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.

   Synonym: (less frequent) foreheat

   to preheat the oven for the casserole

   to preheat the spare room for the guests

• reheat

preheat (uncountable)

1. The act of heating before another process.
   • 1964, Plastics Technical Evaluation Center (U.S.), ‎Arthur H. Landrock, Fluidized-bed Coating with Plastics: Technology and Potential Military Applications (page 118)

     The ratio of preheat to postheat is often important and can produce significant differences in speed and economy of coating and in the end result. The authors show the relationship between these variables for a vinyl coating powder on objects of varying mass.

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