preform

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
2. noun The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
3. noun A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
4. verb To shape something before some other operation.
5. verb Misspelling of perform.

Similar words

bifacial premould premold foreform postform preproduct preformant prefinish protoform pre-print

Often followed by

is and of with to in was the or

Word family

preformed preforming preforms