refrigerate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
refrigerate (third-person singular simple present refrigerates, present participle refrigerating, simple past and past participle refrigerated)
- (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To cool down, make cool.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.149:
- the other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.
- (transitive) Now specifically, to keep cool by containing within a refrigerator.
- Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.
Synonyms[edit]
- (within a refrigerator): fridge
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
keep cool in refrigerator
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freeze — see freeze
cool down — see cool down
See also[edit]
refrigeration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
refrigerate
- inflection of refrigerare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
refrigerate f pl
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
refrīgerāte
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