freezer
/ˈfɹizɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.66 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
noun
The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
noun
A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.
Example Sentences
- "The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp."
- "It’s easy to grab plastic-wrapped daifuku at Japanese grocery stores in New York, and to spot boxes of mochi ice cream in supermarket freezer aisles."
- "Fridges contain gases that can cause serious environmental damage and are among the most toxic white goods if not disposed of correctly, along with freezers and air conditioning units."
- "Holonyms: fridge, fridge-freezer, refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer"
- "[…] "freezer" cartridges (such as the Action Replay), as a convenient way to take control […]"
- "The execution of the program was suspended with a special hardware expansion, the freezer, and the contents of the memory were saved to disk."
Etymology
Etymology tree English freeze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English freezer From freeze + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹizɚ/
- British English: /ˈfɹiːzə/