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refrigeratory

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re⋅frig⋅er⋅ate

[ri-frij-uh-reyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.

Origin:
1525–35; < L refrīgerātus, ptp. of refrīgerāre to make cool, equiv. to re- re- + frīgerāre to make cool, deriv. of frīgus cold; see -ate 1


re⋅frig⋅er⋅a⋅tive, re⋅frig⋅er⋅a⋅to⋅ry [ri-frij-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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re·frig·er·ate   (rĭ-frĭj'ə-rāt')   
tr.v.   re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates
  1. To cool or chill (a substance).

  2. To preserve (food) by chilling.


[Latin refrīgerāre, refrīgerāt- : re-, re- + frīgerāre, to make cool (from frīgus, frīgor-, coldness).]
re·frig'er·a'tion n., re·frig'er·a'tive, re·frig'er·a·to'ry (-ər-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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