Refrigerator

Quick meaning: Refrigerator is a noun meaning A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

Meaning

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

More Meanings

1. A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
2. One who has a chilling influence.

Example Sentences

Meronym: condenser

[…] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.

An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator.

Word Forms

• refrigerators

Synonyms for refrigerator

Depending on context, synonyms include chiller, coolchest, fridge, frigerator, icebox.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include icebox, freezer, fridge, chiller, refrigeration, condenser.

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