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frigorific - 4 dictionary results

frig⋅o⋅rif⋅ic

[frig-uh-rif-ik]
–adjective
causing or producing cold.

Origin:
1660–70; < L frīgorificus cooling, equiv. to frīgor- (s. of frīgus) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic
frig·o·rif·ic   (frĭg'ə-rĭf'ĭk)   
adj.  Causing coldness; chilling.

[Latin frīgorificus : frīgus, frīgor-, the cold + -ficus, -fic.]

Frigorific

Frig"o*rif"ic\, Frigorifical \Frig"o*rif`ic*al\a. [L. frigorificus; frigus, frigoris, cold + facere to make: cf. F. frigorifique.] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. --Quincy.

Main Entry: frig·o·rif·ic
Pronunciation: "frig-&-'rif-ik
Function: adjective
: causing cold <frigorific mixtures>
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