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From refrigerate +‎ -or.

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪɾɚ/, /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪɾɚ/
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Noun edit

refrigerator (plural refrigerators)

 
An open refrigerator
  1. A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
    • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 11:
      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.
    • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
      An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
  2. A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
  3. One who has a chilling influence.

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Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA(key): /re.friː.ɡeˈraː.tor/, [rɛfriːɡɛˈräːt̪ɔr]

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refrīgerātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of refrīgerō

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French réfrigérateur. Equivalent to refrigera +‎ -tor.

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refrigerator n (plural refrigeratoare)

  1. refrigerator
    Synonym: frigider

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