refrigerate
English
Etymology
From participle stem of Latin refrigerare (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerare.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪdʒəɹeɪt/
Verb
refrigerate (third-person singular simple present refrigerates, present participle refrigerating, simple past and past participle refrigerated)
- (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To cool down, make cool.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970:, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.149:
- the other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.
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- (transitive) Now specifically, to keep cool by containing within a refrigerator.
- Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.
Related terms
Translations
keep cool in refrigerator
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freeze — see freeze
cool down — see cool down
Italian
Verb
refrigerate
- second-person plural present indicative of refrigerare
- second-person plural imperative of refrigerare
- feminine plural of refrigerato
Latin
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