noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An afterburner. British
2. 2
   The act of heating something again. informal

   "I gave the potatoes a reheat."

Verb

1. 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. 2
   heat again wordnet
3. 3
   To become hot again after having cooled off (also in figurative senses). intransitive

   "He put the soup on the stove to reheat."

Synonyms

All synonyms

afterburnerchafecookfirefomentheat

Example

More examples

"You can keep the porridge and just reheat it whenever needed."

Etymology

From re- + heat.

Related phrases

reheat nachosreheat someone's nachos

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