Refrigerate

  • 11refrigerate — verb don t refrigerate the bananas Syn: keep cold, cool, cool down, chill; freeze Ant: heat …

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  • 12refrigerate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin refrigeratus, past participle of refrigerare, from re + frigerare to cool, from frigor , frigus cold more at frigid Date: 1534 to make or keep cold or cool; specifically to freeze or chill (as food) …

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  • 13refrigerate — refrigerative, refrigeratory /ri frij euhr euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /ri frij euh rayt /, v.t., refrigerated, refrigerating. to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation. [1525 35; < L refrigeratus, ptp. of refrigerare to make cool, equiv …

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  • 14refrigerate — Synonyms and related words: air condition, air cool, anhydrate, benumb, bite, blast freeze, brine, chill, cool, corn, cure, cut, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, dry cure, dry salt, embalm, evaporate, freeze, freeze dry, freshen, frost, frostbite, fume …

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  • 15refrigerate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cool, ice, freeze, infrigidate; benumb, chill [to the marrow]; quick freeze. See cold. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. chill, cool, keep cold, freeze; see cool 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. chill,&#8230; …

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  • 16refrigerate — re|frig|er|ate [ rı frıdʒə,reıt ] verb transitive to keep food or drinks cold by putting them in a refrigerator ╾ re|frig|er|a|tion [ rı,frıdʒə reıʃn ] noun uncount …

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  • 17refrigerate — re·frig·er·ate || rɪ frɪdÊ’É™reɪt v. make cold, chill, cause a drop in temperature …

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  • 18refrigerate — verb subject (food or drink) to cold in order to chill or preserve it. Derivatives refrigeration noun refrigeratory adjective Origin ME: from L. refrigerat , refrigerare make cool , from re back + frigus, frigor cold …

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  • 19refrigerate — v. a. Cool, chill, make cool, reduce the heat of, refresh …

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  • 20refrigerate — v put in the refrigerator, keep cold, keep cool, keep in the refrigerator or icebox; cool, chill, congeal; put in the freezer, freeze, Physics. regelate, keep in the freezer …

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