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foreheated

foreheated is the simple past and past participle of foreheat.

Meaning of foreheat

Verb

foreheat (third-person singular simple present foreheats, present participle foreheating, simple past and past participle foreheated)

  1. (dated, transitive) Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”).
    • The most recent development in this line is the combination of a foreheating apparatus employing oxygen and hydrogen, with a cutting jet of pure oxygen playing on the surface previously made red hot by this oxyhydrogen jet.1908, American Machinist, Volume 31, Part 1 - Page 320
    Synonyms:
    preheat

Questions about foreheated

What is foreheated the simple past and past participle of?
Foreheated is the simple past and past participle of foreheat.

Words near foreheated in the dictionary

  1. forehearing
  2. forehears
  3. forehearth
  4. forehearths
  5. foreheat
  6. foreheated
  7. foreheater
  8. foreheaters
  9. foreheating
  10. foreheats
  11. foreheld

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