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to refrigerate

to refrigerate

52 3.0
To keep food or medicine cold so it does not go bad
  • verb
  • /rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪt/
translation icon : refrigerar
  • Sometimes they don't refrigerate it.
  • refrigerated container
  • refrigerated truck
  • refrigerated storage

You do not have to refrigerate your fresh eggs.

Examples

  • The flowers stay refrigerated until morning...

    American Wedding (2003)

  • You should refrigerate the salad dressing after opening to prevent it from spoiling.

  • You do not have to refrigerate your fresh eggs.

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • And you need to refrigerate the suspension.

  • We've got to refrigerate this, it stinks.

    Scarecrows (1988)

  • The inoculum was used for all four runs done each day and was refrigerated between runs.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Mr. Paterson, we can ship refrigerated beef to the markets of England, Europe.

    The Man from Snowy River (1982)

  • We'll have to rent a refrigerated truck for the beef and poultry.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • You've got to keep those refrigerated, Taquito.

    Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

  • A salmonella dysentery outbreak, now traced to improperly refrigerated shellfish, was believed to be the cause.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

to chill
vsto refrigerate
84 1.0

To make food or drink cold, often in the fridge

is used to keep items cold to prevent spoiling in cold storage

Antonyms

to spoil
30 1.6

To go bad and not be safe to eat

How Cold

to flash-freeze
  • Specialized
1 5.3
to freeze
770 1.0
to refrigerate
52 3.0
to chill
84 1.0

Surface Forms

refrigerate infinitive
refrigerated past
refrigerated past participle
refrigerating present participle
refrigerates third person singular

Morphology

refrigerate = frigerate (semi-transparent) = re + friger + ate

The prefix 're-' is clear, but the root 'friger' is not a standalone word, making it less transparent.

Etymology

The word refrigerate comes from Latin parts re- ('again' or 'back') and frigidus ('cold'), so it originally meant 'make cold again'. Think of putting food in the fridge to keep it cold and stop it going bad, which is why to refrigerate something today means to keep it cold to prevent spoiling.