Preform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Preform is a noun meaning An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
Meaning
An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
More Meanings
- (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
- (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
- To shape something before some other operation.
- Misspelling of perform.
Example Sentences
Trask notes that Bq. gorosti could have had *goloztri as a pre-form, in which case the presence of -r- in the Sardinian forms might be original.
Word Forms
- preforms
- preforming
- preformed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bifacial, premould, premold, foreform, postform, preproduct.
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