chilled
Britishadjective
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(of a person) feeling cold
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(of food or drink) kept cool
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Also: chilled-out. informal relaxed or easy-going in character or behaviour
Example Sentences
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Chilled to minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit, natural gas shrinks into a liquid for tanker transport, before being re-gasified at specialized terminals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Chilled butter creates little pockets of fat in the dough that melt during baking, leaving behind flaky layers instead of a greasy mass.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
Chilled and ready-to-eat foods are more likely to be contaminated by listeria.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023
Chilled and frozen foods will continue to be tested, however, but exporters will not face import suspensions when their goods test positive at customs checks, added the NHC.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2022
Chilled by his face and his voice and his smile, they got up silently and followed him through the doorway into the dark long hallway which led back to the front hall.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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