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preground

preground adjective: having been ground in advance.

Adjective

preground (not comparable)

  1. Having been ground in advance.
    • Nor does she cotton to combination grind-and-brew makers or anything dependent on pod packets of preground coffee.2009 August 19, S.S. Fair, “Singing the Brews”, in New York Times

Origin of preground

From pre- + ground.

Questions about preground

What does preground mean?
Preground means having been ground in advance.
What part of speech is preground?
Preground is an adjective.

Words near preground in the dictionary

  1. pregrind
  2. pregrinding
  3. pregrinds
  4. pregroove
  5. pregrooves
  6. preground
  7. pregroup
  8. pregrouped
  9. pregrouping
  10. pregroupoid
  11. pregroupoids

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