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preforms

preforms is the plural of preform.

preforms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preform.

Meaning of preform

Noun

preform (plural preforms)

  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
  2. The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
  3. A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
    • Trask notes that Bq. gorosti could have had *goloztri as a pre-form, in which case the presence of -r- in the Sardinian forms might be original.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 130

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Questions about preforms

What is preforms the plural of?
Preforms is the plural of preform.

Words near preforms in the dictionary

  1. preforming
  2. preformism
  3. preformist
  4. preformistic
  5. preformists
  6. preforms
  7. preformulate
  8. preformulated
  9. preformulates
  10. preformulating
  11. preformulation

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