freezer

[free-zer]

noun

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

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

3. a person or thing that freezes or chills.

freezer

/ ˈfriːzə /

noun

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

2. a former name for refrigerator

Word History and Origins

Origin of freezer¹

First recorded in 1835–45; freeze + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"Those same students began collecting photographs in their backpacks," she added, pointing to the freezers where the damaged images were stored before being painstakingly restored.

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The seeds, which come in every shape, size and colour, are carefully processed, dried and then stored in freezers at a chilly -20C.

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Both products are disc-shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with crimped edges that are kept in the freezer.

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That led some markets to move the products from refrigerated displays next to animal meats to the freezer, where they are harder to find, according the report.

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He then corrals them into a freezer or back room, escaping on foot.

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Related Words

• cooler 
• refrigerator