freezer
[free-zer]
- 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
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Examples from the Web for freezer
Contemporary Examples
And lo, Snowballs—underpants which can hold a flexible gel pack that you store in the freezer—was born.
The trickiest items having been placed in the “freezer” to be addressed at a later date.
The freezer is filled with meat, sides of beef and large pieces of lamb.
Finally the guy gets fed up and throws the parrot in the freezer to punish him.
After about an hour, he hears a faint tapping sound from inside the freezer and opens the door.
Historical Examples
Then strain the liquid into a freezer, and proceed as for ice cream.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Put it into a freezer, and proceed as in the foregoing receipt.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Place the freezer into the pail, put in the paddle and cover the freezer tightly.
Desserts and SaladsGesine Lemcke
Then strain and put in the freezer packed with salt and ice.
The Italian Cook BookMaria Gentile
Finishing a bottle of beer, he took another from the freezer.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
freezer
- 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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Word Origin and History for freezer
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