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premachine

premachine verb: to machine in advance.

Verb

premachine (third-person singular simple present premachines, present participle premachining, simple past and past participle premachined)

  1. (transitive) To machine in advance.
    • In many cases, the simplest machining solution is to premachine the parts while still in the green state.2007, Fred D. Barlow, III; Aicha Elshabini, Ceramic Interconnect Technology Handbook, page 275

Forms of premachine

third-person singular presentpremachines
present participlepremachining
past participlepremachined
pastpremachined

Origin of premachine

From pre- + machine.

Questions about premachine

What does premachine mean?
Premachine means to machine in advance.
What part of speech is premachine?
Premachine is a verb.
What is the past tense of premachine?
The past tense of premachine is premachined.

Words near premachine in the dictionary

  1. prelusorily
  2. prelusory
  3. prelymphomatous
  4. prelysosomal
  5. prem
  6. premachine
  7. premachined
  8. premachines
  9. premachining
  10. premacular
  11. premade

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