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foreheating

foreheating is the present participle and gerund 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 foreheating

What is foreheating the present participle and gerund of?
Foreheating is the present participle and gerund of foreheat.

Words near foreheating in the dictionary

  1. forehearths
  2. foreheat
  3. foreheated
  4. foreheater
  5. foreheaters
  6. foreheating
  7. foreheats
  8. foreheld
  9. forehew
  10. forehewn
  11. forehistories

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