FREEZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freezer mean? 

• FREEZER (noun)
  The noun FREEZER has 1 sense:

1. electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

  Familiarity information: FREEZER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREEZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

deep-freeze; deep freezer; Deepfreeze; freezer

Hypernyms ("freezer" is a kind of...):

electric refrigerator; fridge (a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor)

Derivation:

freeze (cause to freeze)

 Context examples 

It can happen in either or both the ice cream maker or the freezer, when temperatures change.

(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)

A manufacturer of laboratory freezers and other appliances designed for medical and scientific applications.

(Forma, NCI Thesaurus)