How to Use preheat in a Sentence

preheat

verb
Definition of preheatnext
  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees before you put the roast in.
  • Place the pan in the oven and turn the oven on to 400 F to preheat.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F.
    — Anne Byrn, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Go ahead and preheat the oven to 375°F, and get ready to bake.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 8 July 2023
  • For the soup: While the matzo balls cook, preheat the oven to 450 F.
    — Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Place the box back on the grill and turn all the burners to high to preheat.
    — Jim Shahin, sacbee, 5 Sep. 2017
  • To prepare the fruit:Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350°.
    — SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Cook’s note: To make this in the oven, preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
    — Susan Selasky, sacbee, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Toward the end of the smoke, preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
    — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • While the dough rests, set a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
    — Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
  • Place a 10-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven to preheat with the oven.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2023
  • If that’s what the night holds, then just let go and preheat that oven.
    — Katie Workman, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Place oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2023
  • Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat the oven to 450°.
    — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400°F.
    — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • To bake the croustade, preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Place the skillet in the oven for 10 minutes to preheat.
    — Star Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • To make the sweet potatoes, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
    — Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2021
  • At this point, close the lid to allow the grill to preheat for 10 to 15 minutes.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The hot gases preheat fuels ahead of the fire as the blaze roars up a slope.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2022
  • Punch the dough down and preheat an oven or grill to 400 degrees.
    — cleveland, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Position a rack to the center of the oven and preheat it to 375°F.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The oven also doesn’t need to preheat, which is a huge time saver.
    — Popular Science, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Place your oven rack in the top third of the oven and then preheat it to the lowest broil setting.
    — Mehreen Karim, Bon Appétit, 27 May 2022
  • And that goes for the dinner plates for your guests—preheat those, too.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
  • In 6- to 8-quart Dutch oven, preheat the olive oil over medium heat.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Step 4 Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375°F.
    — David and José Cáceres, Saveur, 1 Nov. 2023
  • To keep the latkes warm until they’re all cooked, preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Meanwhile, position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Step 2 Make the tenderloin: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°F.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 21 Dec. 2023

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