superheat

English

Etymology

super- + heat

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

superheat (third-person singular simple present superheats, present participle superheating, simple past and past participle superheated)

  1. To heat a liquid above its boiling point
  2. To heat a vapour above its saturation point
  3. To heat too much, to overheat.
    to superheat an oven

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