reheating

[ree-hee-ting]

noun

1. heating again.

2. Aeronautics.,  a process in certain turbojet engines in which gases are expanded by turbines after combustion, burned again in a second chamber, expanded again by additional turbines, and released through the exhaust nozzle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reheating¹

1720–30; re- + heating ( def. )

Example Sentences

A mini fridge was handy, though microwaves weren’t available for reheating leftovers.

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“I would say that my nachos are mine, and I invented them,” she told Entertainment Weekly when asked about a viral stan meme that claims she’s “reheating her own nachos” in the album’s “Abracadabra.”

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After a long day of interviews in the Chicago slush, knowing that dinner was just a reheating away was often enough to keep me off the apps.

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The monotony of reheating last night’s dinner collided with the allure of delivery apps, which dangled the promise of something new and indulgent.

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"In repeating and reheating these, they were able to disperse their anti-Ukrainian messaging, whilst also attacking a key British institution - the Royal Family."

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