REFRIGERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refrigerator mean? 

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

1. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFRIGERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

icebox; refrigerator

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

white goods (large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel)

Meronyms (parts of "refrigerator"):

drip pan (pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste)

refrigeration system (a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refrigerator"):

cooler; ice chest (a refrigerator for cooling liquids)

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

Derivation:

refrigerate (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator)

refrigerate (preserve by chilling)

 Context examples 

The fast radio burst signal also yielded information about the magnetic field in the halo, which is very weak—a billion times weaker than that of a refrigerator magnet.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)

Mercury rules the moving parts in all machines, so don’t buy a car, a refrigerator, computer, smart phone, or other expensive item until the end of this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Listeria is unlike many other germs because it can grow even in the cold temperature of the refrigerator.

(Listeria Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

"Yes, sir," and Jo felt as calm and cool all of a sudden as if she had stepped into a refrigerator.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The gases currently used in the vast majority of refrigerators and air conditioners —hydrofluorocarbons and hydrocarbons (HFCs and HCs) — are toxic and flammable.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

The results could be used in the development of highly-efficient solid-state refrigerators and air conditioners, without the need for bulky and expensive magnets.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)

Using a radio antenna not much larger than a refrigerator, the researchers discovered that ancient suns were active within 180 million years of the Big Bang.

(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)

There are four basic steps to food safety at home: • Clean - always wash your food, hands, counters, and cooking utensils. • Separate - keep raw foods to themselves. Germs can spread from one food to another. • Cook - foods need to get hot and stay hot. Heat kills germs. • Chill - put fresh food in the refrigerator right away.

(Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture)

The magnetic field along the cold front is equivalent to about one millionth of the strength of a typical refrigerator magnet, and is about ten times higher than in parts of the cluster away from the cold front.

(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)

Don’t buy any new machines, including a car, smart phone, refrigerator, computer, or any other product with moving parts or chips inside until the end of the month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)