Definition of Preheat

1. Verb. Heat beforehand. "Preheat the oven!"

Generic synonyms: Heat, Heat Up

Definition of Preheat

1. Verb. (transitive) to heat something in preparation for further action, especially cooking ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preheat

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preheat

prehandle
prehandled
prehandles
prehandling
prehard
preharden
prehardened
prehardening
prehardens
preharvest
preharvested
prehatch
prehatching
preheadache
prehearing
preheat (current term)
preheatable
preheated
preheater
preheaters
preheating
preheats
prehellenic
prehend
prehended
prehending
prehends
prehensible
prehensile
prehensilely

Literary usage of Preheat

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

1. Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke (1912)
"it is likely that fully f would be realized, so the probable thermal efficiency of the heat of preheat would be 39 per cent, a truly high value that will ..."

2. A Text Book of Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke, John Joseph Flather (1915)
"The foot pound equivalent of the heat of preheat is equal to, ... If the temperature before preheat be taken as equal to that of the atmosphere, ..."

3. A Text Book of Engineering Thermodynamics by Charles Edward Lucke, John Joseph Flather (1915)
"The foot pound equivalent of the heat of preheat is equal to, ... If the temperature before preheat be taken as equal to that of the atmosphere, ..."

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