Definition of Prechill

1. to chill beforehand [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prechill

precessions
precessor
precessors
precharge
precharged
precharges
precharging
precheck
prechecked
prechecking
prechecks
prechew
prechewed
prechewing
prechews
prechill (current term)
prechilled
prechilling
prechills
prechlorination
prechoose
prechooses
prechoosing
prechordal
prechose
prechosen
precieuse
precieux
precinct
precinct committeeman

Literary usage of Prechill

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"The LOX propellant tank could take 72 700 liters (20 000 gallons) of liquid oxygen, loaded after a preliminary purge and prechill cycle. ..."

2. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives (1921)
"... would there be any article that it is customary to put in cold storage or prechill that would deteriorate materially in that time ? Mr. KILBOURNE. ..."

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