ALL meanings of preheat
pre·heat
P p - verb with object preheat to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process: to preheat an oven before baking a cake. 1
- transitive verb preheat oven: heat before cooking 1
- transitive verb preheat food: heat before cooking 1
- verb preheat If you preheat an oven, you switch it on and allow it to reach a certain temperature before you put food inside it. 0
- verb preheat to heat (an oven, grill, pan, etc) beforehand 0
- verb transitive preheat to heat beforehand 0