preflavored en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + flavored.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Flavored in advance.
Momofuku Ando, who — to the delight of dormitory students and other kitchen-resistant customers worldwide — invented those small packets of preflavored dried noodles that require just a three-minute boil, died Friday at a hospital in Osaka, Japan. Mr. Ando, the founder of the Nissin Food Products Company, was 96.
2007 January 9, Dennis Hevesi, “Momofuku Ando, 96, Dies; Invented Instant Ramen”, in New York Times: