Preheat

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  • transitive verb. To heat (an oven, for example) beforehand.
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  • verb. to heat something in preparation for further action, especially cooking
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  • verb. heat beforehand
    • Word Usage
    "The author's oven, apparently, doesn't have a "preheat" setting that tells you when your oven has reached temperature."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    heat  heat up  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    annealing  bakers'  beehive-shaped  commercialmicrowave  convection  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chafe  cook  electric-heat  fire  fire up  
    verb-form
    preheated  preheating  preheats  
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