refrigerate

C2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/ UK /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/
verb Freq #76510

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator

    If we get too near the sun and get too warm, we have a refrigerating machine to cool us off.

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Word family
Forms refrigerating
Derived forms rerefrigerate
Related forms refrigerantrefrigerationrefrigerator

Etymology

From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.

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