chiller
Americannoun
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chillers
plural
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a person or thing that chills.
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Informal. a frightening or suspenseful story or film; melodrama.
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a device for cooling or refrigerating.
noun
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informal short for spine-chiller
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a refrigerated storage area for meat
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Still, it’s true that when the series was at its nadir, so few vibrant horror films were being made that it was stuck lampooning the now-forgotten Jessica Chastain chiller “Mama.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Chief Executive David Gitlin said the firm has tripled its chiller manufacturing capacity in North America since 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
He had a choice between Anisa Khan, who sells Indian food-flavoured pizzas, and Dean Franklin, who runs an air conditioning company, in a battle he billed as "chilli versus the chiller".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025
This remake of “Road House” has a chiller vibe than the 1989 film which was rough, mean and hungry.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024
The one with Shayleen’s plastic-saucer salad chiller in it.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
The VC-25A has five chillers below the passenger cabin that can carry large quantities of food, critical for long trips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Cooling infrastructure — water rights, supply chains for chillers and heat exchangers — has become a project-level constraint.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Modine provides everything data centers need to cool chips: rear-door heat exchangers, AC units, chillers, and coolant distribution units.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Other data centres, like those owned by Ascenty, use a closed-loop system, which circulates water through chillers.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Researchers have also used them to improve heat rejection from chillers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023
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