Frigorific
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌfɹɪ.ɡəˈɹɪ.fɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Frigorific is an adjective meaning Causing to chill or cool.
Meaning
Causing to chill or cool.
Example Sentences
"They would certainly have the soil, climate, packing technologies, and frigorific trucks."
"Pr. LOWITZ has discovered a single frigorific mixture, by which quicksilver may be frozen..."
[W]hen vve have, as vve very frequently have, put mixtures of ſnovv and ſalt into vials, and left them in the open Air, vve generally obſerv'd, that the outſide of the Glaſs vvas cas'd vvith ice, or covered vvith hoar froſt, directly over againſt that part of the inſide of the Glaſs, vvherein the frigorifick mixture vvas.
Word Forms
- frigorifical
- frigorifick
Synonyms for frigorific
Depending on context, synonyms include cold.
Antonyms for frigorific
Common opposites include calorific.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cold, chilling, frigefactive, refrigerant, chilled, refrigerative.
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