refrigerate
To keep cool by containing within a refrigeratorTo keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
» Does this need to be refrigerated?
Meaning
2 senses(specifically, transitive)To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.
kühlen
храни́ть в холоди́льникеxranítʹ v xolodílʹnike
(broadly, obsolete, transitive)To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator
Examples
10 sentencesDoes this need to be refrigerated?
When out at sea, to keep the fish that is caught from spoiling, it is immediately refrigerated.
Tom promptly refrigerates leftover food in glass containers.
Croissants are called crescent rolls when they come from a can of refrigerated dough.
Refrigerate them to keep them as fresh as possible.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.
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Forms
refrigerates, refrigerating, refrigerated, refrigerated| Base form | refrigerate · to refrigerate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | refrigerates |
| Present participle | refrigerating |
| Past simple | refrigerated |
| Past participle | refrigerated |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle