Reefer

Quick meaning: Reefer is a noun meaning (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.

Meaning

(nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.

More Meanings

1. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.
2. (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
3. (rail transport, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).
4. (countable) A marijuana cigarette.
5. (uncountable) Marijuana.

Example Sentences

The mess table, at which the reefers and mates made merry, was fixed in the middle of the berth.

Her reefer cap was all on one side and on her cheek there was the print of an anchor button she had pressed on while sleeping.

Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

Next to the cash register, a bulletin board was thumbtacked with notes from deadheaders who needed loads heading west, and shippers looking for a reefer (refrigerated truck) going down to Florida.

Word Forms

• reefers

Synonyms for reefer

Depending on context, synonyms include joint, stick.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include joint, stick, refrigeration, coat, reef point, midshipman.

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