preform

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ form.

Noun

preform (plural preforms)

1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
2. (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
3. (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

Verb

preform (third-person singular simple present preforms, present participle preforming, simple past and past participle preformed)

1. To shape something before some other operation.
2. Common misspelling of perform.

Anagrams

• perform