preform

== English == === Etymology 1 === From pre- + form. ==== Alternative forms ==== pre-form ==== Noun ==== 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 ==== 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 === ==== Verb ==== preform Misspelling of perform. === Anagrams === perform