Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preheater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: pre-heater
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.

Example Sentences

"A Stone-Vapor "Watchman" oil-fired preheater raises the cooling water temperature to an optimum figure before the high-speed engine is started and thus minimises engine wear."

Etymology

From preheat + -er.

Inflected Forms

preheaters (plural)

Questions

What does preheater mean?: An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.
Where does preheater come from?: From preheat + -er.

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