Associations to the word «Preform»

Wiktionary

PREFORM, noun. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
PREFORM, noun. (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
PREFORM, noun. (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
PREFORM, verb. To shape something before some other operation.
PREFORM, verb. Misspelling of perform.

Dictionary definition

PREFORM, verb. Form into a shape resembling the final, desired one.
PREFORM, verb. Form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King