preheat

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ heat

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

preheat (third-person singular simple present preheats, present participle preheating, simple past and past participle preheated)

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

Synonyms

• foreheat

Related terms

• reheat

Translations

to heat something in preparation for further action, especially cooking

• Catalan: preescalfar
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 預熱／预热 (jyu⁶ jit⁶), 预热 (jyu⁶ jit⁶)

  Mandarin: 預熱／预热 (zh) (yùrè), 预热 (zh) (yùrè)

• Danish: forvarme
• Dutch: voorverwarmen (nl)
• Finnish: esilämmittää
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• French: préchauffer (fr)
• German: vorheizen
• Italian: preriscaldare
• Japanese: 予熱 (よねつ, yonetsu)
• Portuguese: preaquecer, pré-aquecer
• Spanish: precalentar
• Swedish: förvärme

Anagrams

• reapeth