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Etymology edit

freeze +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fɹiːzə/
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  • Rhymes: -iːzə(ɹ)

Noun edit

freezer (plural freezers)

  1. An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  2. The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  3. (neuroscience, Parkinson's disease) A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.
  4. (computing) A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified.
    • Early Home Computers (page 231)
      [] "freezer" cartridges (such as the Action Replay), as a convenient way to take control []
    • 2016, Polgár Tamás, Freax: The Brief History of the Computer Demoscene
      The execution of the program was suspended with a special hardware expansion, the freezer, and the contents of the memory were saved to disk.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English freezer.

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freezer m (plural freezers)

  1. freezer compartment

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English freezer.

Noun edit

freezer m (plural freezers)

  1. Alternative spelling of frízer