Freon

American  

[free-on] / ˈfri ɒn /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for any of a class of liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or chlorofluorocarbon products, used chiefly as refrigerants.

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Freon British  

/ ˈfriːɒn /

noun

1. any of a group of chemically unreactive chlorofluorocarbons used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, and solvents

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Freon

In the 1930s, Freon made the domestic refrigerator a staple of the American middle-class kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Instead, the suit accuses Tobin of forgetting to leave the air conditioner on and later emptying the vehicle’s Freon to cover it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

Freon began to be phased out in 1987 because it was destroying Earth's ozone layer.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 20, 2023

In his prelude to “After Cooling,” Eric Dean Wilson tells us that he started his research not knowing “a tank of Freon from propane.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021

As I lean my head back, the world drifts away, tinged by the smell of Freon and Cadillac leather.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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