freezer

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/ ˈfri zər /

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noun

a refrigerator, refrigerator compartment, cabinet, or room held at or below 32°F (0°C), used especially for preserving and storing food.

a machine containing cold brine, ice, etc., for making ice cream, sherbet, or the like.

a person or thing that freezes or chills.

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Origin of freezer

First recorded in 1835–45; freeze + -er¹

Words nearby freezer

freeze-fracture, freeze fracturing, freeze frame, freeze one's blood, freezeout, freezer, freezer burn, freeze-up, freezing, freezing drizzle, freezing injunction

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How to use freezer in a sentence

Then, police said two people told them Jeremy Farmer had boasted about shooting his father twice in the head and hiding his body inside a freezer.
An Indiana man never returned from a hunting trip. Strange texts and emojis led police to his son.|Katie Shepherd|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
I squeezed the bird into my too-small freezer and wrote out the menu on a scrap of paper.
Love, Loneliness, and the Chicken in My Freezer|Elazar Sontag|February 9, 2021|Eater
Once frozen, place them into freezer containers and freeze for up to 3 months.
Homemade dumplings bring me closer to family this Lunar New Year, even from far away|Marian Liu|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
Then there was the day I saw cauliflower “tots” in the grocery freezer.
This cauliflower hater likes the vegetable one way only: Pickled|Jim Webster|February 3, 2021|Washington Post

A freezer containing 1,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine had just gone down.
I jumped the queue to get an expiring vaccine. Did I do the right thing?|Niall Firth|February 1, 2021|MIT Technology Review
And lo, Snowballs—underpants which can hold a flexible gel pack that you store in the freezer—was born.
Men, Ice Your Balls To Make Babies—and Other Male Fertility Fixes|Tom Sykes|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The trickiest items having been placed in the “freezer” to be addressed at a later date.
Did The U.S.-Cuba Deal Help Drive A Rebel Ceasefire in Colombia?|Richard McColl|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The freezer is filled with meat, sides of beef and large pieces of lamb.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The room is quite elaborate, with a walk-in freezer and several ovens.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After about an hour, he hears a faint tapping sound from inside the freezer and opens the door.
Robin Williams, Hollywood’s Grand Jester, Is Dead at 63|Marlow Stern|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's just that—well, it's such a wonderful freezer that some of the outside men get carried away, so to speak.
The Tunnel Under The World|Frederik Pohl
It was impossible to believe that, a moment ago, the silent block had been bellowing the name of a freezer.
The Tunnel Under The World|Frederik Pohl
The Countess is making a twogallon freezer of ice-cream for you, and she has a big pan of angel cake to go with it!
The Happy Family|Bertha Muzzy Bower
The warmth required to make this melting possible comes from the contents of the can inside the ice-cream freezer.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
When a vacuum freezer is to be used, turn it upside down and insert the ice-and-salt mixture through the opening in the bottom.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

British Dictionary definitions for freezer

freezer

/ (ˈfriːzə) /

noun

Also called: deepfreeze a device that freezes or chills, esp an insulated cold-storage cabinet for long-term storage of perishable foodstuffs

a former name for refrigerator

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