Refrigerate Meaning
/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
verbTo keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
Sentence Examples
I had failed to refrigerate the milk. It went so sour that it's inedible.
This product contains no preservatives. After opening, refrigerate and consume quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To prevent the cooked food from spoiling, you must ____ it within two hours after cooking.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recipe instructed her to ____ the dough for at least two hours before rolling it out.
Word Origin & History
From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Lo here hath euery fayth[f]ull man a ſure promiſe, yͭ in the feruent heate of tentacion or tribulacion […] God gyueth the faythful man yͭ hopeth in him, yͭ ſhadow of hys holy ſhoulders, which are brode ⁊ large, ſufficient to refrigerate ⁊ refreſhe the man in that heate, and in euerye trybulacion he putteth hys ſhoulders for a defence betwene."
— 1534 (date written; published 1553), Thomas More, “A Dyalogue of Comforte agaynste Tribulacyon, […]. A Special Comfort in Al Temptacion.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book II, page 1179, column 1:
"[T]he other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart."
— 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
"They vvould go over board vvith a Rope faſtned about them, that by drenching themſelves a vvhile in the Sea, they might eaſe the internal Heat vvhich parched them; and vvhen they ſtood any of them to ſteer the Veſſel, they vvould have their Feet in a Pail of Sea VVater to refrigerate 'em."
— 1702, Cotton Mather, “[Book VI (Thaumaturgus: […]).] Chapter I. Christus Super Aquas: Relating Wonderful Sea Deliverances.”, in Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698. […], London: […] Thomas Parkhurst, […], →OCLC, section VI (Sore Calamities at Sea Survived), page 5, column 2:
"Persons born in winter are, so to say, of a cold and frosty disposition and can thereby exert a refrigerating influence on the temperature of the air."
— 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 104:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To prevent the cooked food from spoiling, you must ____ it within two hours after cooking.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recipe instructed her to ____ the dough for at least two hours before rolling it out.