chiller

[chil-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that chills.

2. Informal.,  a frightening or suspenseful story or film; melodrama.

3. a device for cooling or refrigerating.

chiller

/ ˈtʃɪlə /

noun

1. informal,  short for spine-chiller

2. a refrigerated storage area for meat

Word History and Origins

Origin of chiller¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; chill + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Financial support is needed to maintain food storage facilities, including refrigerators and freezers, run a collection van with chiller facilities and maintain the operating licences for food transportation.

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There are plenty of scrappy indie thrillers and international chillers that can pick up the slack outside of the glitzy domestic market, where Hollywood horror often gets lost in its own self-important sauce.

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Other data centres, like those owned by Ascenty, use a closed-loop system, which circulates water through chillers.

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I visited Barrios Gracián the following day when things were chiller.

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Irinox, a blast chiller manufacturer, spotted the parenting problem long ago and decided to act rather than lose valuable workers.

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Related Words

• apprehension 
• awe 
• consternation 
• disgust 
• dismay 
• dread 
• fear 
• fright 
• hatred 
• panic 
• revulsion 
• terror