verb
reheat
ree-HEET
verb
1
To heat food or a substance again after it has cooled.
"Just reheat the soup in the microwave for two minutes."
noun
1
A jet engine's afterburner, which reheats exhaust gases to boost thrust.
"The fighter jet used reheat to accelerate past the speed of sound."
How to Use Reheat
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo warm something up again, usually food that had already been cooked and cooled.
Common pairings
reheat leftovers
reheat in the oven
Word Forms
reheated past tense, reheats plural, reheats singular
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Etymology
From re- + heat.