refrigerator
n.
any appliance or room used store items at low temperatures
Refrigerator
A refrigerator (often called a "fridge" for short) is a cooling appliance comprising a
thermally insulated compartment and a mechanism to transfer heat from it to the external environment, cooling the contents to a temperature below ambient. Refrigerators are extensively used to store foods which deteriorate at ambient temperatures; spoilage from
bacterial growth and other processes is much slower at low temperatures. Devices described as "refrigerators" maintain a temperature a few degrees above the
freezing point of water; similar devices which maintain temperatures below the freezing point of water are called "freezers". The refrigerator is a relatively modern invention amongst
kitchen appliances. It replaced the common
icebox which had been placed outside for almost a century and a half prior, and is sometimes still called by the original name "icebox".
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refrigerator
Noun
1. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
(synonym) icebox
(hypernym) white goods
(hyponym) cooler, ice chest
(part-meronym) drip pan
(derivation) refrigerate
Refrigerator
(n.)
That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
(n.)
An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.
(n.)
A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Refrigerator
To see a refrigerator in your dreams, portends that your selfishness will offend and injure some one who endeavors to gain an honest livelihood.
To put ice in one, brings the dreamer into disfavor.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project