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prebrowned

prebrowned adjective: browned in advance (as of packaged meat).

Adjective

prebrowned (not comparable)

  1. Browned in advance (as of packaged meat).
    • There have been four other outbreaks in the state from frozen breaded, prebrowned chicken since 1998, caused in part by confusion over microwave instructions.2007 October 14, Andrew Martin, “Did Your Microwave Nuke the Bacteria?”, in New York Times

Origin of prebrowned

From pre- + browned.

Questions about prebrowned

What does prebrowned mean?
Prebrowned means browned in advance (as of packaged meat).
What part of speech is prebrowned?
Prebrowned is an adjective.

Words near prebrowned in the dictionary

  1. prebroadcasting
  2. prebroke
  3. prebroken
  4. prebronchial
  5. prebronchodilator
  6. prebrowned
  7. prebrunch
  8. prebs.
  9. prebubble
  10. prebuccal
  11. prebuckling

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