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verbpreshape (third-person singular simple present preshapes, present participle preshaping, simple past and past participle preshaped)
present singular third person preshapes · participle present preshaping · participle past preshaped · past preshaped
- transitiveTo shape in advance.
In “Burger Bar” (Wiley, 2009), Hubert Keller writes that what you do not want is preshaped burgers or meat that is stuffed and compacted into plastic packaging.
2009 July 1, Jane Sigal, “The Perfect Burger and All Its Parts”, in New York Times
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APA
preshape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preshape
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“preshape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preshape. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preshape,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preshape.
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