preheat
/pɹiːˈhiːt/
preheat verb: to heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
Verb
preheat (third-person singular simple present preheats, present participle preheating, simple past and past participle preheated)
- To heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
- to preheat the oven for the casserole
- to preheat the spare room for the guests
- Synonyms:
- foreheat
Noun
preheat (uncountable)
- The act of heating before another process.
- The ratio of preheat to postheat is often important and can produce significant differences in speed and economy of coating and in the end result. The authors show the relationship between these variables for a vinyl coating powder on objects of varying mass.1964, Plastics Technical Evaluation Center (U.S.), Arthur H. Landrock, Fluidized-bed Coating with Plastics: Technology and Potential Military Applications (page 118)
preheat meaning in Tamil
preheat in Tamil
- ஏலச்சூடாக்கு, முன்வெப்பம், முன் சூடு
Synonyms of preheat
Forms of preheat
| third-person singular present | preheats |
|---|---|
| present participle | preheating |
| past participle | preheated |
| past | preheated |
Origin of preheat
From pre- + heat.
Words formed from preheat
Words that rhyme with preheat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about preheat
- What does preheat mean?
- Preheat means to heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
- What is preheat in Tamil?
- Preheat in Tamil is ஏலச்சூடாக்கு, முன்வெப்பம், முன் சூடு. See Preheat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is preheat?
- Preheat can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce preheat?
- Preheat is pronounced /pɹiːˈhiːt/.
- What is the past tense of preheat?
- The past tense of preheat is preheated.
Words near preheat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preheat (page history and authors); preheat (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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