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prehardening

prehardening is the present participle and gerund of preharden.

Meaning of preharden

Verb

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

  1. To harden before machining.

Questions about prehardening

What is prehardening the present participle and gerund of?
Prehardening is the present participle and gerund of preharden.

Words near prehardening in the dictionary

  1. prehard
  2. preharden
  3. prehardened
  4. prehardener
  5. prehardeners
  6. prehardening
  7. prehardens
  8. preharvest
  9. preharvested
  10. preharvesting
  11. prehatch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prehardening (page history and authors); preharden (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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