foreheat en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + heat.
Meanings
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(dated, transitive) Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”).
The photograph shows the special connections on the first heater section, whereby the milk is foreheated for the clarifier.
1920, The Milk Dealer - Volume 10 - Page 45The most recent development in this line is the combination of a foreheating apparatus employing oxygen and hydrogen, with a cutting jet of pure oxygen playing on the surface previously made red hot by this oxyhydrogen jet.
1908, American Machinist, Volume 31, Part 1 - Page 320:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foreheated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| foreheated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| foreheats | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| foreheating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |