Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refrigerate

/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: re-frig-er-ate
IPA: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"[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."
"Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit."

Etymology

From participle stem of Latin refrigerō (“to make cold”), from re- + frigerō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: refrigerō

Usage

Inflected Forms

refrigerates (present, singular) refrigerating (participle, present) refrigerated (participle, past) refrigerated (past)

Derived Forms

rerefrigerate

Frequently Paired Words

refrigerant refrigeration refrigerator

Synonyms

fridge

Questions

How do you pronounce refrigerate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəɹeɪt/.
What does refrigerate mean?: To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.
Where does refrigerate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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