- present participle of preheat.
Example Sentences
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Preheating the chili helps keep the chips from getting too soggy on the bottom, and saving some chips to add toward the end keeps them crisp on top, too.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2021
Preheating the water will develop steam pressure, and it won't draw enough from the hydraulic system to affect the operation of the blasts.
From Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! by Tremaine, Frederick Orlin
Preheating of other adjacent parts to care for contraction is done at this time by an additional torch burner.
From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)