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- Dictionaryrefrigerate/rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪt/
verb
- 1. subject (food or drink) to cold in order to chill or preserve it, typically by placing it in a refrigerator: "refrigerate the dough for one hour"
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REFRIGERATE definition: 1. to make or keep something, especially food or drink, cold so that it stays fresh, usually in a…. Learn more.
: to make or keep cold or cool. specifically : to freeze or chill for preservation. foods that should be refrigerated. refrigeration. ri-ˌfri-jə-ˈrā-shən. noun. Synonyms. chill. cool. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of refrigerate in a Sentence.
Refrigerate definition: to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.. See examples of REFRIGERATE used in a sentence.
REFRIGERATE meaning: 1. to make or keep something, especially food or drink, cold so that it stays fresh, usually in a…. Learn more.
To refrigerate something is to preserve it by keeping it cool. A gallon of milk might last a week if you refrigerate it, but it will be spoiled after a day or so if you leave it on the kitchen counter. At home, you refrigerate things all the time by keeping them in your refrigerator.
refrigerate something to make food, etc. cold in order to keep it fresh or preserve it. Once opened, this product should be kept refrigerated. a refrigerated lorry/truck
verb. If you refrigerate food, you make it cold, for example by putting it in a fridge, usually in order to preserve it. Refrigerate the dough overnight. [VERB noun] ...a lorry with refrigerated cargo. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: cool, freeze, chill, keep cold More Synonyms of refrigerate. refrigeration (rɪfrɪdʒəreɪʃən)uncountable noun.
