simple past tense and past participle of refrigerate

(basketball, slang) Of a game: having its outcome beyond a doubt, despite the fact that time is remaining before the final buzzer.

plural of refrigeration

plural of refrigerator mother

(dated, idiomatic, derogatory) An emotionally frigid mother, who does not exhibit normal care or love for her child or children.

(US) cooling capacity of an air conditioner or refrigerator equal to 12,000 British thermal units (Btu) per hour 200 Btu per minute; it denotes the amount of heat required to melt one ton of ice in 24 hours.

(Canada, US, informal) refrigerator mother

A van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures.

plural of refrigerator truck

An absorption refrigerator that has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.