reheat
/ɹiːˈhiːt/
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rare/ɹɪˈhiːt/
reheat noun: an afterburner.
Noun
reheat (plural reheats)
- An afterburner.
- The act of heating something again.
- I gave the potatoes a reheat.
Verb
reheat (third-person singular simple present reheats, present participle reheating, simple past and past participle reheated)
- To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses).
- I’m reheating some leftovers for dinner.
- […] the street of the Latin and Italian Poets, smelt only like the broth of reheated Coleworts.1626, Trajano Boccalini, translated by William Vaughan, The New-Found Politicke, London: Francis Williams, Part 3, Chapter 17, p. 218
- To become hot again after having cooled off (also in figurative senses).
- He put the soup on the stove to reheat.
- Dissension was reheating in southern Wales, but at least Wales could be quashed.2011 Helen Hollick, I am the Chosen King [UK title: Harold the King], Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Part 3, Chapter 7, p. 416
reheat meaning in Thai and Vietnamese
reheat in Thai
- heat something after it has cooled off
- อุ่น ùn
reheat in Vietnamese
- heat something after it has cooled off
- hâm
Examples of reheat in a sentence
- “Blow up the forge again, for that shoe wants reheating.”1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 3, in Rodney Stone, London: Smith, Elder, page 38:
- […] this conversation reheated my strong sense of guilt and responsibility about Paul; the war and my adult life had banked down that fire but not quenched it.1970, Robertson Davies, chapter 3, in Fifth Business, Penguin, published 1977, page 137:
- It’s as though we reheat these issues in our very dear little copper saucepan—so battered and beloved—hoping by accident to stir in something new.2003, Carol Shields, “Segue”, in The Collected Stories, London: Fourth Estate, published 2004, page 19:
- Top each pielet with a fried egg before garnishing with chives. […] Leftover pielets reheat beautifully.2020, Erin Jeanne McDowell, The Book on Pie, page 313:
Forms of reheat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | reheats |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | reheats |
| present participle | reheating |
| past participle | reheated |
| past | reheated |
Origin of reheat
From re- + heat.
Words formed from reheat
- reheatability
- reheatable
- reheater
- reheat nachos
- reheat someone's nachos
Words that rhyme with reheat
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- 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 reheat
- What does reheat mean?
- Reheat means an afterburner.
- What is reheat in Thai?
- Reheat in Thai is อุ่น (ùn). See Reheat meaning in Thai.
- How do you use reheat in a sentence?
- “Blow up the forge again, for that shoe wants reheating.”
- What part of speech is reheat?
- Reheat can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce reheat?
- Reheat is pronounced /ɹiːˈhiːt/.
- What is the plural of reheat?
- The plural of reheat is reheats.
Words near reheat in the dictionary
Source and license
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