refrigerate
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- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
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/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/
Definition of refrigerate
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(broadly, obsolete, transitive)To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
“[T]he other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.”
“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.”
“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.”
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verb
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(broadly, obsolete, transitive)To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
“[T]he other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart.”
“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.”
“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.”
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(specifically, transitive)To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.
“Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.
Words you can make from refrigerate
200+ playable · top: FERRIAGE (12 pts)
Best play ferriage 12 points8-letter words
4 words7-letter words
20 words6-letter words
33 words- GIFTEE 10 pts
- REGIFT 10 pts
- AFREET 9 pts
- FAERIE 9 pts
- FAIRER 9 pts
- FEARER 9 pts
- FEATER 9 pts
- FERIAE 9 pts
- FERRET 9 pts
- FRATER 9 pts
- RAFTER 9 pts
- REEFER 9 pts
- REFIRE 9 pts
- TEREFA 9 pts
- AIGRET 7 pts
- ERGATE 7 pts
- GAITER 7 pts
- GARRET 7 pts
- GARTER 7 pts
- GRATER 7 pts
- REGEAR 7 pts
- REGRET 7 pts
- TRIAGE 7 pts
- AERIER 6 pts
- ARTIER 6 pts
- EERIER 6 pts
- ETRIER 6 pts
- IRATER 6 pts
- REARER 6 pts
- RETEAR 6 pts
- RETIRE 6 pts
- TEARER 6 pts
- TERRAE 6 pts
5-letter words
50 words- GRAFT 9 pts
- GRIEF 9 pts
- GRIFT 9 pts
- AFIRE 8 pts
- AFRIT 8 pts
- AFTER 8 pts
- FARER 8 pts
- FERIA 8 pts
- FIREE 8 pts
- FIRER 8 pts
- FREER 8 pts
- FRERE 8 pts
- FRIAR 8 pts
- FRIER 8 pts
- IFTAR 8 pts
- REFER 8 pts
- REFIT 8 pts
- RIFER 8 pts
- TREFA 8 pts
- AGREE 6 pts
- EAGER 6 pts
- EAGRE 6 pts
- EGRET 6 pts
- GATER 6 pts
- GRATE 6 pts
- GREAT 6 pts
- GREET 6 pts
- RAGEE 6 pts
- RAGER 6 pts
- REGIE 6 pts
- RERIG 6 pts
- RETAG 6 pts
- TARGE 6 pts
- TERGA 6 pts
- TIGER 6 pts
- TRAGI 6 pts
- AERIE 5 pts
- AIRER 5 pts
- ARETE 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- EERIE 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- RARER 5 pts
- RATER 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TARRE 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
- TERRA 5 pts
- TRIER 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- FRAG 8 pts
- FRIG 8 pts
- GIFT 8 pts
- FAIR 7 pts
- FARE 7 pts
- FART 7 pts
- FATE 7 pts
- FEAR 7 pts
- FEAT 7 pts
- FEET 7 pts
- FERE 7 pts
- FETA 7 pts
- FETE 7 pts
- FIAR 7 pts
- FIAT 7 pts
- FIRE 7 pts
- FRAE 7 pts
- FRAT 7 pts
- FREE 7 pts
- FRET 7 pts
- FRIT 7 pts
- RAFT 7 pts
- REEF 7 pts
- REFT 7 pts
- REIF 7 pts
- RIFE 7 pts
- RIFT 7 pts
- TREF 7 pts
- AGEE 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GAIT 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GETA 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GRAT 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RAGI 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- FAG 7 pts
- FIG 7 pts
- GIF 7 pts
- AFT 6 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FAT 6 pts
- FEE 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- GRR 4 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
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