A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

plural of refrigerator

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

(obsolete) That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever.

plural of refrigerant

A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refrigerate

present participle of refrigerate

simple past tense and past participle of refrigerate

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it. / The process of preserving something by cooling. / (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.