Synonyms for refrigerate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ri-frij-uh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪt |
Définition of refrigerate
Origin :- 1530s, back-formation from refrigeration, or else from Latin refrigeratus, past participle of refrigerare "make cool or cold." Related: Refrigerated; refrigerating. Earlier words in the same sense of "to make cold, to cool" were infrigiden, infrigidate (both early 15c.).
- verb chill, usually in storage
- Here were vats of liquid helium, used in Collins engines to refrigerate the volatile rocket fuel.
- Extract from : « Deepfreeze » by Robert Donald Locke
- Are you using heat-exchangers to help cool the air you pump into the buildings, before you use power to refrigerate it?
- Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Antonyms for refrigerate
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