refrigerate
pronunciation
How to pronounce refrigerate in British English:
UK [rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪt]
How to pronounce refrigerate in American English:
US [rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌret]
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- Verb:
- preserve by chilling
- cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator
Word Origin
- refrigerate (v.)
- 1530s, back-formation from refrigeration, or else from Latin refrigeratus, past participle of refrigerare "make cool or cold." Related: Refrigerated; refrigerating. Earlier words in the same sense of "to make cold, to cool" were infrigiden, infrigidate (both early 15c.).
Example
- 1. Wrap each blob in plastic wrap and refrigerate .
- 2. Refrigerate them in a plastic bag for up tothree days .
- 3. 2 Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours .
- 4. He said it 's best to refrigerate them .
- 5. After opening , refrigerate in an airtight container for up tofive days .