"thermoform" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thermoforms [present, singular, third-person], thermoforming [participle, present], thermoformed [participle, past], thermoformed [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English form English thermoform From thermo- + form. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|thermo-|form|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English form English thermoform [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "warm", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*gʷʰermos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "warm, hot", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷʰer-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-mos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kʷʰermós", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "θερμός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "thermo-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "form", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "thermoform", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="thermoform"> From thermo- + form. Head templates: {{en-verb}} thermoform (third-person singular simple present thermoforms, present participle thermoforming, simple past and past participle thermoformed)
  1. To use a method of shaping, especially for thermoplastics, while hot Derived forms: thermoformable Related terms: thermoformer

Inflected forms

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