What does "foreheat" mean?

Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”).

What is a synonym for "foreheat"?

Common synonyms include: preheat, preheat.

Foreheat

verb

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Verb

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Synonym of preheat (“heat in advance”). dated, transitive
"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."

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preheat preheat

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"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."

Etymology

From fore- + heat.

Related phrases

in advance

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