Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreheat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-heat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”).

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The 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."
"The photograph shows the special connections on the first heater section, whereby the milk is foreheated for the clarifier."

Etymology

From fore- + heat.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

Inflected Forms

foreheats (present, singular) foreheating (participle, present) foreheated (participle, past) foreheated (past)

Derived Forms

foreheater

Synonyms

preheat

Questions

What does foreheat mean?: Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”).
Where does foreheat come from?: From fore- + heat.

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