refrigerator

[ ri-frij-uh-rey-ter ]
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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 of refrigerator

1
First recorded in 1605–15; refrigerate + -or2

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British Dictionary definitions for refrigerator

refrigerator

/ (rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪtə) /


noun
  1. a chamber in which food, drink, etc, are kept cool: Informal word: fridge

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