refrigerate
verb (used with object)
to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
refrigerated
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past participleof refrigerate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof refrigerate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
refrigerateverb (used with object)to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
Example Sentences
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In his refrigerated warehouses, located right up against the border wall -- in an area through which dozens of trucks pass -- Mario Jauregui is fed up with "always playing the guessing game."
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Taylor Farms maintained that its own branded salad kits were unaffected, a distinction that mattered scientifically, if not necessarily psychologically, to shoppers eyeing the refrigerated wall of greens.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Working inside a refrigerated metal chamber, she carefully adjusts a mounted tumor, roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, toward a sharp cutting blade.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The first deliveries landed: Seafood was up 7%, fresh fruit was up 4.9% — everything that rides a refrigerated truck was up, because the cold chain burns the most diesel per mile.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Gabriel and Allys both got ready-made sandwiches from the refrigerated section.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
