preform
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]preform (plural preforms)
- An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
- (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
- (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
Verb
[edit]preform (third-person singular simple present preforms, present participle preforming, simple past and past participle preformed)
- To shape something before some other operation.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]preform
- Misspelling of perform.