The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refrigerate \Re*frig"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refrigerated (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Refrigerating.] [L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare; pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris, coolness. See Frigid.] To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of refrigerate English)
WordNet
adj. causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: refrigerant]
Usage examples of "refrigerating".
Sometimes hed start with a twist of wire, a few batteries, and a button hook, and before he finished, he might contrive a new type of refrigerating unit.
Sometimes he'd start with a twist of wire, a few batteries, and a button hook, and before he finished, he might contrive a new type of refrigerating unit.
They're all very straightforward - pumps, refrigerating systems, heat exchangers, cranes - good old-fashioned Second Millennium technology!
She’s been used to haul perishables, but on her last trip the refrigerating system broke down, and Vatta had to pay the shipper for the goods as well as a penalty for nondelivery, and insurance didn’t cover it all.
At the same time his demands for cold air increased, and with my aid he amplified the ammonia piping of his room and modified the pumps and feed of his refrigerating machine till he could keep the temperature as low as 34 degrees or 40 degrees, and finally even 28 degrees.
A shooting neutronbeamer, a working calculator and a refrigerating machine spouting liquid air by the bucket.
A shooting neutron-beamer, a working calculator and a refrigerating machine spouting liquid air by the bucket.
Guess it's time to test those batteries on a refrigerating machine.