refrigerator car


noun
  1. a freight car having either an ice chest or machinery for chilling perishables and sometimes having a heating unit to keep perishables from freezing.

Origin of refrigerator car

1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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How to use refrigerator car in a sentence

  • The growth of these private refrigerator car lines caused the disappearance of live stock shipments.

  • One night we slept in a refrigerator car, where I felt as if icicles were forming on my spine.

    The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
  • Other lots were held a day after being withdrawn from the refrigerator car and then examined.

  • After dark I hunted around in the railroad yards until I found an empty refrigerator car.

    The Road | Jack London
  • I found the car—a big refrigerator car with the leeward door wide open for ventilation.

    The Road | Jack London