"preground" meaning in English

See preground in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: pre- + ground Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|ground}} pre- + ground Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} preground (not comparable)
  1. Having been ground in advance. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-preground-en-adj-kXqy7iwl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

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          "ref": "2009 August 19, S.S. Fair, “Singing the Brews”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Nor does she cotton to combination grind-and-brew makers or anything dependent on pod packets of preground coffee.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Having been ground in advance."
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          "in advance",
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