deep freezer
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- noun
- /dip ˈfriːzər/
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congelador
- AND A DEEP FREEZER FULL OF STEAKS.
Examples
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Garage smells like the the deep freezer overheated.
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We store our family's bulk groceries in a large deep freezer to keep them fresh for months.
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Because it's no good leaving it in the deep freezer for your mum to discover.
Blog text (18) -
Baker was getting a deep freezer out of a storage unit as part of the packing process to head back to Texas when he was locked out of the storage unit and some items were missing from his pickup.
Blog text (23) -
Jacob stood leaning against the rusty-topped deep freezer drinking lime Kool-Aid from a Mason jar.
Fiction book (1998) -
"It might buy a deep freezer," said Laura Tribuno, co-owner of Edi and the Wolf, an Austrian-themed restaurant on Avenue C in the Manhattan neighborhood known as Alphabet City.
Blog text (1) -
Mama hissed a hurried, impatient breath, threw the dishrag into the aluminum dishpan on top of the rusting deep freezer, and squatted beside her.
Fiction book (1998) -
A deep freezer allows you to buy food in bulk and store it safely for a long time.
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When I bought a deep freezer, it changed how I planned my meals and reduced my grocery trips.
Synonyms
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A cold box that keeps food frozen for a long time
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A very cold freezer for keeping food for a long time
How Preserved
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'deep' (extending far down / extensive) modifies 'freezer' to indicate a freezer with a deep compartment or designed for long-term, very-low-temperature storage. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The name deep freezer comes from a simple picture: a very deep, cold box that keeps food frozen. The word deep suggests how far the cold reaches and freezer is the machine that freezes, so it means 'a large freezer for keeping food for a long time'.