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reheat

re·heat

reheat

 
pronunciation:
ri hit
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: reheats, reheating, reheated
definition: to heat or make warm again.
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (v.)reheat ahead, aside, easily, later, separately, slowly, then
(v.)reheat + adverb briefly, gently, quickly, thoroughly
(v.)reheat + nounHelp bacon, bean, blade, bread, cake, chicken, chocolate, coffee, cookie, deg, degree, dinner, fish, food, gravy, heat, instruction, kale, leftover, lunch, meal, microwave, minute, mixture, oil, oven, pasta, pie, pizza, pot, potato, rice, sauce, sheet, skillet, soup, spoon, stand, steam, stew, stove, tablespoon, taste, tomato, turkey [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: reheater (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word reheat contains the following part:
re- Latin prefix that means again; back or back again
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The prefix re- occurs in verbs that are Latin loanwords, where it can mean "again" (revise ) or "back again" (reflect ). It also attaches to English verbs (replay , rewind) with both meanings. Any verb can be prefixed by "re- " to indicate that an action is repeated. No hyphen is necessary unless the word formed is identical to an existing word (re-sign the document, but resign from a job).