1. to chill (food, drink, or equipment) in advance before use or serving
Usage: transitive verb; common in cooking and food preparation

Examples

• Prechill the glasses in the freezer for 15 minutes before serving the cocktails.
• The recipe recommends that you prechill the mixing bowl to keep the dough cold.
• She prechilled the white wine so it would be perfectly cold by dinner time.
• Make sure to prechill the blender before making the smoothie.
• The caterer will prechill all the serving platters ahead of the event.
• You should prechill the dessert plates if you want the ice cream to stay frozen longer.