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Foundation level · Year 4 · free

reheat

verb · Say it: ree-HEET

What it means

Foundation

to make food or drink hot again after it has gone cold

Mum will reheat last night's pasta for our lunch today.

Similar and opposite words

Synonyms (similar meaning)

  • heat up
  • warm up

Antonyms (opposite meaning)

  • chill
  • cool

More examples

  • Dad reheated his cup of tea because it had gone cold.

Where the word comes from

Made from the prefix re-, meaning again, and the word heat.

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One question about “reheat”, the way 11+ papers ask it (Foundation level).

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