Meanings
present singular third person preheats · participle present preheating · participle past preheated · past preheated
- transitiveTo heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
to preheat the oven for the casserole
1 more example
to preheat the spare room for the guests
Synonyms: foreheat
- uncountableThe act of heating before another process.
The ratio of preheat to postheat is often important and can produce significant differences in speed and economy of coating and in the end result. The authors show the relationship between these variables for a vinyl coating powder on objects of varying mass.
1964, Plastics Technical Evaluation Center (U.S.), Arthur H. Landrock, Fluidized-bed Coating with Plastics: Technology and Potential Military Applications (page 118)
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishheat
- Englishpreheat
Translations
Catalan preescalfar
- preescalfarto heat something in preparation for further action
Chinese Cantonese 預熱 /预热
- 預熱 /预热 (jyu⁶ jit⁶)to heat something in preparation for further action
Chinese Mandarin 預熱 /预热
- 預熱 /预热 (yùrè)to heat something in preparation for further action
Danish forvarme
- forvarmeto heat something in preparation for further action
Dutch voorverwarmen
- voorverwarmento heat something in preparation for further action
Finnish esilämmittää
- esilämmittääto heat something in preparation for further action
French préchauffer
- préchaufferto heat something in preparation for further action
German vorheizen
- vorheizento heat something in preparation for further action
Greek προθερμαίνω
- προθερμαίνω (prothermaíno)to heat something in preparation for further action
Italian preriscaldare
- preriscaldareto heat something in preparation for further action
Japanese 予熱
- 予熱 (yonetsu)to heat something in preparation for further action
Korean 예열(豫熱)하다
- 예열(豫熱)하다 (yeyeolhada)to heat something in preparation for further action
Portuguese preaquecer, pré-aquecer
- preaquecerto heat something in preparation for further action
- pré-aquecerto heat something in preparation for further action
Spanish precalentar
- precalentarto heat something in preparation for further action
Swedish förvärma
- förvärmato heat something in preparation for further action
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with preheat
Cite this entry
preheat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preheat
“preheat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preheat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preheat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preheat.
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