REHEATING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

reheating

verb

present participle of reheat

as in superheating

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Recent Examples of reheating The restaurant was reportedly using a steam table and a rice cooker for reheating macaroni and cheese, beans, collard greens and other foods, despite the equipment not being designed to reheat food. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026

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Rather than heating massive reactors inefficiently from the outside or burning methane, the team placed a burner directly inside the reactor to combust a small portion of hydrogen.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Auto means the fan runs only when the system is actively heating or cooling.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of heating

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Frozen meat was being thawed with water at 13 degrees above the required thawing temperature; product was removed from sink.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026
In 2023, thawing permafrost led to a rock collapse into South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim, India, generating a wave that burst through the moraine holding back the glacial lake.

— Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026

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Until recently, Dunbar still enjoyed cooking and made breakfast for herself every morning.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Atlanta chef David Rose’s sriracha-honey barbecue ribs combine smoked baby back ribs with a sticky, sweet-and-spicy glaze and his 2-2-1 method for cooking tender ribs at home.

— Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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