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to preheat

to preheat

35 2.1
To heat an oven or pan to the right temperature before you cook
  • verb
  • /ˌpriːˈhiːt/
translation icon : precalentar
  • I'll just go preheat the oven.
  • preheat the water

Food is prepped, friends are on their way, the grill is now going to get preheated and we're about to drop on the meat and veggies.

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Examples

  • I said, preheat the oven at 425 degrees.

    A Christmas Snow (2010)

  • Getting Ready: Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

    Blog text (25)

  • Put the cast iron in ahead of time, Preheat the whole thing, then put the bread in.

  • You gotta preheat the oven before you stick in the turkey.

    American Pie 2 (2001)

  • While these cook together for 5 minutes, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

    Blog text (32)

  • Now preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

    Positive I.D. (1986)

  • Place the turkey in a preheated oven at 450 degrees for 1/2 hour.

    Blog text (27)

  • Stick this creation into your preheated oven and bake it for a half-hour or so.

    Blog text (17)

  • Place the bird on a rack in a roasting pan, and into a preheated 350-degree F oven.

    Blog text (27)

  • Before baking the cake, remember to preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Synonyms

to heat
vsto preheat
298 1.0

To make something hot or warmer

focuses on raising an appliance's temperature to a specified level before use
to heat up
vsto preheat
84 1.0

To make something hot or warm

is limited to bringing an appliance to a particular temperature before use
to warm up
vsto preheat
19 2.4

Run an engine a short time so it works properly

is used for preparing a cooking appliance to a specific temperature before use
to preheat the oven
vsto preheat
7 1.0

Make the oven hot to the right temperature before you cook

is the single-word form for the same warming action
to heat the oven
vsto preheat
1 1.0

Make the oven reach the right temperature before you put food in it

refers to bringing an appliance to a particular temperature before use
to prewarm
vsto preheat
5.0

Heat something before you use it

applies specifically to bringing an appliance to a set cooking temperature before use

Antonyms

to cool down
28 1.1

Become less hot or make something less hot

Phrasal Verbs

to preheat the oven
7 1.0

Make the oven hot to the right temperature before you cook

How Hot

to overheat
50 3.7
to heat
298 1.0
to preheat
35 2.1
to warm
488 1.0
to cool
256 1.0

Surface Forms

preheat infinitive
preheated past
preheated past participle
preheating present participle
preheats third person singular

Morphology

preheat = heat (transparent) = pre + heat

The meaning is directly predictable as 'heat beforehand', a standard and widely understandable use of the prefix 'pre-'.

Etymology

Preheat is made from the prefix pre-, meaning 'before', plus the common word heat; a helpful way to remember it is 'heat before'. It means to warm an oven or pan 'before' you start cooking so your food cooks properly.