How to spell preheat

Preheat is spelled P-R-E-H-E-A-T.

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What it means: To heat something before use.

In a sentence: Remember to preheat the oven before baking cookies.

Same family: reheat, overheat, heated, heating, heater. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Preheat” is formed from the Latin prefix “pre-,” meaning “before,” and the English word “heat.” It became common in the 20th century with the rise of modern ovens and printed recipe books that gave step-by-step cooking instructions.

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