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REFRIGERATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
Synonyms:
icebox; refrigerator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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:
A promising replacement for the toxic and flammable greenhouse gases that are used in most refrigerators and air conditioners has been identified by researchers from the University of Cambridge.
(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)
Refrigerators and air conditioners based on HFCs and HCs are also relatively inefficient.
(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)
Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In addition, the gases currently used in the vast majority of refrigerators and air conditioners are toxic, highly flammable greenhouse gases that only add to the problem of global warming when they leak into the air.
(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)
