freezer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːzə(r)

Etymology

to freeze + -er

Noun

freezer (plural freezers)

1. an appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
2. the section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

Synonyms

• cooler (room)
• walk-in freezer (room)
• deep freezer, deep-freezer (stand-alone appliance)

Derived terms

• deepfreeze, deep-freeze, deep freeze
• freezer bag
• freezer burn
• fridge-freezer
• freezer paper
• freezer-proof

Translations

part of a refrigerator kept below freezing

• Danish: fryser (da) c

• Norwegian: fryser (no)

a stand-alone appliance for keeping things frozen

• Albanian: frigoriferi (sq)
• Arabic:

  Egyptian: فريزر (ferīzar, ferēzar) m

• Bulgarian: фризер (bg) (frizer)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰箱 (cmn) (bīngxiāng)

• Czech: mraznička (cs) f, mrazák (cs) m
• Dutch: vriezer (nl) m, diepvriezer (nl) m, diepvries (nl) m
• Finnish: pakastin (fi)
• French: congélateur (fr)
• Georgian: საყინულე (ka) (saqinule)
• German: Gefrierschrank (de) m, Gefriertruhe (de) f
• Icelandic: frystir (is) m
• Italian: congelatore (it) m
• Japanese: フリーザー (ja) (furīzā), 冷凍庫 (ja) (reitōko)

• Jèrriais: congélateur m
• Korean: 냉동고 (ko) (naengdonggo)
• Maltese: friża (mt)
• Marathi: फ्रीजर (mr) (frīzara) m
• Norwegian: dypfryser (no)
• Polish: zamrażarka (pl)
• Portuguese: congelador (pt) m
• Romanian: frigorifice (ro)
• Russian: морозильник (ru) (morozíl'nik) m, морозилка (ru) (morozílka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: reothadair (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zamrzivač (sh)
• Slovene: zmrzovalnik (sl) m
• Spanish: congelador (es) m
• Swedish: frys (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: rhewgell (cy) f, cwpwrdd rhew (cy) m

room for keeping things frozen

• Chinese: 冷凍室 (cmn), 冷冻室 (cmn) (lěngdòngshì)

• German: Gefrierraum (de) m

See also

• fridge
• icebox
• refrigerator

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fraiseur, friseur

Etymology

From English.

Noun

freezer m (plural freezers)

1. freezer compartment

Anagrams

• referez, référez