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Synonyms for refrigerator


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-frij-uh-rey-ter
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪ tər



Définition of refrigerator

Origin :
  • 1610s, "something that cools," agent noun from refrigerate. As "cabinet for keeping food cool," 1824, originally in the brewery trade, in place of earlier refrigeratory (c.1600). The electric-powered household device was available from c.1918.
  • noun fridge
Example sentences :
  • Pieces of charcoal should also be put in the refrigerator and changed often.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • Pascal was standing by the refrigerator, exactly where she had left him.
  • Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton
  • He knew where the kettle was, the refrigerator, the mixings.
  • Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel
  • Kneeling down at the refrigerator, she fumbled for the lock.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • But she was rather shocked to note that the butter had not been put away in the refrigerator.
  • Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • They had taken a cadaver from the refrigerator and stood it in a certain position.
  • Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • So I had to rummage through the refrigerator and use my own judgment.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Between » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • The eggs and oil should be kept in the refrigerator and be ice cold.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age Cook Book » by Henrietta Latham Dwight
  • Put aside to cool and then set it in refrigerator for a few hours.
  • Extract from : « Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 » by Various
  • Some of the appliances were gone, but the stove and the refrigerator were still there.
  • Extract from : « The Servant Problem » by Robert F. Young

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