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refrigerate

ref·ri·ge·rate

UK/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/ US/rɪˈfrɪdʒɜrˌeɪt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

preserve by chilling

  • “many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil”
2.

cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator

  • “refrigerate this medicine”

Origin

From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.

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