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prefinish

prefinish noun: a preliminary finish applied to a surface.

Noun

prefinish (plural prefinishes)

  1. A preliminary finish applied to a surface.
    • Abrasive papers and felt cloths with various grits were used for the prefinish.1964, NASA Technical Note (issues 1645-1657, page 4)

Verb

prefinish (third-person singular simple present prefinishes, present participle prefinishing, simple past and past participle prefinished)

  1. (transitive) To apply a preliminary finish to.

Forms of prefinish

Noun
pluralprefinishes
Verb
third-person singular presentprefinishes
present participleprefinishing
past participleprefinished
pastprefinished

Origin of prefinish

From pre- + finish.

Questions about prefinish

What does prefinish mean?
Prefinish means a preliminary finish applied to a surface.
What part of speech is prefinish?
Prefinish can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of prefinish?
The plural of prefinish is prefinishes.

Words near prefinish in the dictionary

  1. prefinancings
  2. prefine
  3. prefined
  4. prefines
  5. prefining
  6. prefinish
  7. prefinished
  8. prefinishes
  9. prefinishing
  10. prefinite
  11. prefinition

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prefinish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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