to prechill
- verb
- /priːˈtʃɪl/
- To prepare for the picnic, she decided to prechill the drinks in the cooler.
Examples
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I'll have to give this a try, though it looks far more time-consuming than my 'throw flour, butter, salt, and water in the new-fangled fancy shmancy food processor (which isn't prechilled), pulse a few times, done' recipe.
Blog text (15) -
The testes of mice aged PD 15 and PD 50 were removed and placed in the prechilled 1:1 mixture of Ham's F12 medium and DMEM, then transferred to ice, with the procedure performed as previously described.
Blog text (3) -
Before serving, be sure to prechill the white wine to enhance its crisp flavor.
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Make sure to prechill the salad bowl in the fridge for an hour before the meal.
Synonyms
To make or become less warm
To make food or drink cold, often in the fridge
To keep food or medicine cold so it does not go bad
Become less hot or make something less hot
Antonyms
How Cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word prechill is made from pre- meaning 'before' and chill meaning 'to make cold'. Think of it like the opposite of preheat; you 'make cold before' you use or serve something, so you cool it ahead of time to keep it fresh or improve the taste.