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refrigerator - 3 dictionary results

re⋅frig⋅er⋅a⋅tor

[ri-frij-uh-rey-ter]
–noun
1. a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.
2. the part of a distilling apparatus that cools the volatile material, causing it to condense; condenser; rectifier.

Origin:
1605–15; refrigerate + -or 2
re·frig·er·a·tor   (rĭ-frĭj'ə-rā'tər)   
n.  An appliance, cabinet, or room for storing food or other substances at a low temperature.

Refrigerator

Re*frig"er*a`tor\ (-?`t?r), n. That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically: (a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.

(b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.

Refrigerator car (Railroad), a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.
Language Translation for : refrigerator
Spanish: frigorífico, nevera,
German: der Kühlschrank,
Japanese: 冷蔵庫
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