frigorific

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌfɹɪ.ɡəˈɹɪ.fɪk/

Definition of frigorific

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Causing to chill or cool.
    “[W]hen vve have, as vve very frequently have, put mixtures of ſnovv and ſalt into vials, and left them in the open Air, vve generally obſerv'd, that the outſide of the Glaſs vvas cas'd vvith ice, or covered vvith hoar froſt, directly over againſt that part of the inſide of the Glaſs, vvherein the frigorifick mixture vvas.”
    “"Pr. LOWITZ has discovered a single frigorific mixture, by which quicksilver may be frozen..."”
    “"They would certainly have the soil, climate, packing technologies, and frigorific trucks."”

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Etymology

From Latin frīgorificus, from frigus (“cold”) + facere (“to make”): compare French frigorifique.

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