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preform

nounverb
Quick answer

As a noun, preform means an object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form. As a verb, it means shape something before some other operation.

Meanings of preform

6 meanings

noun

  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

  2. archaeologyThe rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.

  3. linguisticsA word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

verb

  1. To shape something before some other operation.

  2. Form into a shape resembling the final, desired one

  3. Form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand

Misspelling of perform.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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