Refrigerate Definition

rĭ-frĭjə-rāt
refrigerated, refrigerates, refrigerating
verb
To make or keep cool or cold; chill.
Webster's New World
To preserve (food, biologicals, etc.) by keeping cold or freezing.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Refrigerate

  • Latin refrīgerāre refrīgerāt- re- re- frīgerāre to make cool (from frīgus frīgor- coldness)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From participle stem of Latin refrigerare (“to make cold"), from re- + frigerare.

    From Wiktionary

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