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precool

precool verb: to cool in advance.

Verb

precool (third-person singular simple present precools, present participle precooling, simple past and past participle precooled)

  1. (transitive) To cool in advance.
    • In some places, the air conditioning was turned up earlier in the day to precool buildings, and then turned down during peak hours.2008 June 11, Ken Belson, “Records Tumble and Sweaty New Yorkers Grumble as Heat Persists”, in New York Times

Forms of precool

third-person singular presentprecools
present participleprecooling
past participleprecooled
pastprecooled

Origin of precool

From pre- + cool.

Questions about precool

What does precool mean?
Precool means to cool in advance.
What part of speech is precool?
Precool is a verb.
What is the past tense of precool?
The past tense of precool is precooled.

Words near precool in the dictionary

  1. preconvicts
  2. precook
  3. precooked
  4. precooking
  5. precooks
  6. precool
  7. precooled
  8. precooler
  9. precoolers
  10. precooling
  11. precools

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