Refrigerator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An appliance, cabinet, or room for storing food or other substances at a low temperature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
  • n. One who has a chilling influence.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.
  • n. An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which refrigerates, cools, or keeps cool; specifically, any vessel, chamber, or apparatus designed to keep its contents at a temperature little if at all above the freezing-point.
  • n. A feed-water heater, formerly used on ships, in which the boiler-feed was heated by the water or brine blown out of the boiler.
  • n. In heat-engines, a device or substance for absorbing the heat generated during the compression stage of the cycle.
  • n. In steam-engines, an obsolete device which was used for cooling the injection water for a marine condensing engine by cold sea-water. The surface-condenser renders this unnecessary.
  • n. A machine for cooling air or fluids, in which the fluid or gas is compressed, cooled, and then allowed to expand, lowering its temperature in this last stage, and withdrawing heat from objects warmer than itself.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
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    fridge    icebox   
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    fridge    freezer    oven    cupboard    heater    cabinet    appliance    stove    stave    pantry