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preharden

preharden verb: to harden before machining.

Verb

preharden (third-person singular simple present prehardens, present participle prehardening, simple past and past participle prehardened)

  1. To harden before machining.

Forms of preharden

third-person singular presentprehardens
present participleprehardening
past participleprehardened
pastprehardened

Origin of preharden

From pre- + harden.

Questions about preharden

What does preharden mean?
Preharden means to harden before machining.
What part of speech is preharden?
Preharden is a verb.
What is the past tense of preharden?
The past tense of preharden is prehardened.

Words near preharden in the dictionary

  1. prehalluxes
  2. prehand
  3. prehandicap
  4. prehaps
  5. prehard
  6. preharden
  7. prehardened
  8. prehardener
  9. prehardeners
  10. prehardening
  11. prehardens

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