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prebait

prebait noun: unpoisoned bait offered to animals to attract them before introducing poison.

Noun

prebait (uncountable)

  1. Unpoisoned bait offered to animals to attract them before introducing poison.

Verb

prebait (third-person singular simple present prebaits, present participle prebaiting, simple past and past participle prebaited)

  1. To offer unpoisoned bait to animals to attract them before introducing poison.

Forms of prebait

third-person singular presentprebaits
present participleprebaiting
past participleprebaited
pastprebaited

Origin of prebait

From pre- + bait.

Questions about prebait

What does prebait mean?
Prebait means unpoisoned bait offered to animals to attract them before introducing poison.
What part of speech is prebait?
Prebait can be a noun or a verb.

Words near prebait in the dictionary

  1. preaxostylids
  2. preb.
  3. prebaby
  4. prebachelor
  5. prebagged
  6. prebait
  7. prebaited
  8. prebaiting
  9. prebaits
  10. prebake
  11. prebaked

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