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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.
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refrigerator

(rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪtə)
n
a chamber in which food, drink, etc, are kept cool. Informal word: fridge
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re•frig•er•a•tor

(rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪ tər)

n.
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.
[1605–15]
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Refrigerator

In the early twentieth century, a refrigerator was what would now be called an Icebox. That is, an insulated cabinet that used blocks of ice to keep food stored in the cabinet cool.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:refrigerator - white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures]refrigerator - white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
cooler, ice chest - a refrigerator for cooling liquids
drip pan - pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste
electric refrigerator, fridge - a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor
refrigeration system - a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes)
white goods - large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel
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Translations
برادثلاجةثَلاجَه، بَرّادثَلَّاجَة
chladničkalednicelednička
køleskab
jääkaappi
hladnjak
frizsiderhűtőszekrény
ísskápurkæliskápur
冷蔵庫
냉장고
šaldymasšaldyti
ledusskapissaldētava
chladničkaľadnička
hladilnik
kylskåp
ตู้เย็น
tủ lạnh

refrigerator

[rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪtəʳ]
A. N → frigorífico m, nevera f, refrigeradora f (LAm)
B. CPD refrigerator lorry N → camión m frigorífico
refrigerator ship N → buque m frigorífico
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refrigerator

[rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪtər] n → réfrigérateur m
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refrigerator

n → Kühlschrank m, → Eisschrank m; (= room) → Kühlraum m
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refrigerator

[rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪtəʳ] n → frigorifero
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refrigerator

(rəˈfridʒəreitə) noun
(also fridge (fridʒ) . American also ˈicebox) a machine which keeps food cold and so prevents it from going bad: Milk should be kept in the refrigerator. yskas ثَلاجَه، بَرّاد хладилник refrigerador / frigorífico chladnička der Kühlschrank køleskab ψυγείο frigorífico, nevera külm(utus)kapp یخچال jääkaappi réfrigérateur מקרר रिफ्रेजरेटर hladnjak, frižider hűtőszekrény lemari es ísskápur frigorifero 冷蔵庫 냉장고 šaldytuvas saldētava; ledusskapis peti sejuk koelkast kjøleskap lodówka سړوبى (يخچال)، يخوونكى frigorífico frigider холодильник chladnička hladilnik frižider kylskåp ตู้เย็น buzdolabı 冰箱 холодильник فرج tủ lạnh 冰箱
reˈfrigerate verb
to keep (food) cold to prevent it from going bad. Meat should be refrigerated. verkoel يُبَرِّد، يَحْفَظ في ثَلاجَه охлаждам refrigerar chladit, zmrazit kühlen opbevare i køleskab διατηρώ στο ψυγείο refrigerar külmas hoidma, jahutama در یخچال نگه داشتن؛ در جای سرد نگه داشتن jäähdyttää réfrigérer לְקֵרֵר प्रशीतित करना, ठण्डा करना ohladiti, ulediti fagyaszt mendinginkan kæla (mettere in frigorifero) 冷蔵する 냉장 보관하다 šaldyti []saldēt; glabāt ledusskapī/saldētavā sejuk-beku koel houden av-/nedkjøle przechowywać w chłodnym miejscu سړول، يخول refrigerar a păstra la rece охлаждать zmraziť (o)hladiti staviti u frižider kyla, förvara kallt ทําให้เย็นหรือเป็นน้ําแข็ง soğutmak 冷藏 охолоджувати; заморожувати کھانے وغیرہ کو ٹھنڈا کرکے محفوظ کرنا làm lạnh 冷冻
reˌfrigeˈration noun
verkoeling تَبْريد، حِفْظ في ثَلاجَه охлаждане refrigeração zmražení die Kühlung nedkøling διατήρηση στο ψυγείο refrigeración külmutus نگهداری در یخچال؛ سرد سازی jäähdytys réfrigération קירור ठण्डा करना, प्रशीतन hlađenje, uleđenje (le/be/mély)hűtés pendinginan kæling refrigerazione 冷蔵 냉장 šaldymas []saldēšana penyejukan koeling kjøling chłodzenie سړونه، يخونه refrigeração răcire охлаждение zmrazenie hlajenje stavljanje u frižider kylning การทําให้เป็นน้ําแข็ง soğutma 冷藏 охолоджування; заморожування یخ بستہ کرنے کا عمل sự làm lạnh 冷冻
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refrigerator

→ ثَلَّاجَة lednička køleskab Kühlschrank ψυγείο refrigerador jääkaappi réfrigérateur hladnjak frigorifero 冷蔵庫 냉장고 koelkast kjøleskap chłodziarka frigorífico , geladeira холодильник kylskåp ตู้เย็น buzdolabı tủ lạnh 电冰箱
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refrigerator

n refrigerador m
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This noble Refrigerator had iced several European courts in his time, and had done it with such complete success that the very name of Englishman yet struck cold to the stomachs of foreigners who had the distinguished honour of remembering him at a distance of a quarter of a century.
There was a whisper of the pervading Bohemian character in the nomadic nature of the service and its curious races of plates and dishes; but the noble Refrigerator, infinitely better than plate or porcelain, made it superb.
The noble Refrigerator assented; but added that if William Barnacle and Tudor Stiltstalking, when they came over to one another and formed their ever-memorable coalition, had boldly muzzled the newspapers, and rendered it penal for any Editor-person to presume to discuss the conduct of any appointed authority abroad or at home, he thought the country would have been preserved.
In the course of a couple of hours the noble Refrigerator, at no time less than a hundred years behind the period, got about five centuries in arrears, and delivered solemn political oracles appropriate to that epoch.
The iceman lingered too long now, when he came into the covered porch to fill the refrigerator. The delivery boys hung about the kitchen when they brought the groceries.
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Water can only be made cold enough for summer comfort by being prepared in a refrigerator or a closed ice-pitcher.
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From the refrigerator he gave her all the ice she wished to carry, breaking it into convenient pieces for her.
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Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator. She turned scarlet and was on the verge of crying, when she met Laurie's eyes, which would look merry in spite of his heroic efforts.
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And then the visitors were taken to the other parts of the building, to see what became of each particle of the waste material that had vanished through the floor; and to the pickling rooms, and the salting rooms, the canning rooms, and the packing rooms, where choice meat was prepared for shipping in refrigerator cars, destined to be eaten in all the four corners of civilization.
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As to Sir Leicester, he conceives it utterly impossible that anything can be wanting, in any direction, by any one who has the good fortune to be received under that roof; and in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.
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Maud and her bosom friend, "Gwace," were seated on tin cake-boxes; Sherry and Spider adorned the refrigerator; while Tom and Rumple foraged for the party.
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True, other fish are found exceedingly brisk in those Hyperborean waters; but these, be it observed, are your cold-blooded, lungless fish, whose very bellies are refrigerators; creatures, that warm themselves under the lee of an iceberg, as a traveller in winter would bask before an inn fire; whereas, like man, the whale has lungs and warm blood.
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