Refrigerate

  • 31freeze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. congeal, turn to ice, make ice; harden; die; immobilize; chill, ice, frost, refrigerate; kill; fix, stabilize. See cold, death, permanence. freeze out II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To change to a solid… …

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  • 32preserve — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To guard] Syn. protect, shield, save; see defend 2 . 2. [To maintain] Syn. keep up, care for, conserve; see maintain 3 . 3. [To keep] Syn. can, conserve, process, save, put up, put down, souse, store, cure, bottle, do up,… …

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  • 33Preservation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Preservation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 preservation preservation Sgm: N 1 safe keeping safe keeping Sgm: N 1 conservation conservation &c.(storage) 636 Sgm: N 1 maintenance maintenance support susteritation… …

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  • 34refrigerant — 1590s (adj.); 1670s (n.); originally in medicine; see REFRIGERATE (Cf. refrigerate) + ANT (Cf. ant) …

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  • 35refrigerator — cabinet for keeping food cool, 1824, originally in the brewery trade, in place of earlier refrigeratory (c.1600). Agent noun from REFRIGERATE (Cf. refrigerate). The electric powered household device was available from c.1918 …

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  • 36re|frig|er|a|tor — «rih FRIHJ uh RAY tuhr», noun. 1. a box, room, or other enclosed area for keeping foods and other items cool. An electric refrigerator cools without ice. 2. something that cools. ╂[< obsolete French refrigerateur, ultimately < Latin… …

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  • 37Refresh — Re*fresh (r?*fr?sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refreshed} ( fr?sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refreshing}.] [OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F. rafra?chir); pref. re re + fres fresh. F. frais. See {Fresh}, a.] 1.… …

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  • 38Refreshed — Refresh Re*fresh (r?*fr?sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refreshed} ( fr?sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refreshing}.] [OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F. rafra?chir); pref. re re + fres fresh. F. frais. See {Fresh} …

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  • 39Refreshing — Refresh Re*fresh (r?*fr?sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refreshed} ( fr?sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refreshing}.] [OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F. rafra?chir); pref. re re + fres fresh. F. frais. See {Fresh} …

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  • 40Refrigerant — Re*frig er*ant (r?*fr?j ?r ant), a. [L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. r[ e]frig[ e]rant. See {Refrigerate}.] Cooling; allaying heat or fever. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …

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