Associations to the word «Preform»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PREFORM, verb. Form into a shape resembling the final, desired one.
PREFORM, verb. Form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand.

Wise words

All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
Ernest Hemingway