preheat

🇺🇸 /ˌpriːˈhiːt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌpriːˈhiːt/
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verb
R

to make something warm or hot before you start to use it

Before baking the cookies, make sure to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

translation

v. to make something warm or hot before you start to use it

Word Forms

3rd Present preheats
Past preheated
Perfect preheated
Progressive preheating