Reheat
/ɹiːˈhiːt/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An afterburner. British
- 2 The act of heating something again. informal
"I gave the potatoes a reheat."
Verb
- 1 To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses). transitive
"I’m reheating some leftovers for dinner."
- 2 heat again wordnet
- 3 To become hot again after having cooled off (also in figurative senses). intransitive
"He put the soup on the stove to reheat."
Example
More examples"You can keep the porridge and just reheat it whenever needed."
Etymology
From re- + heat.