Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refrigerator

/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: re-frig-e-ra-tor
IPA: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.

noun

A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.

noun

One who has a chilling influence.

Example Sentences

"Meronyms: condenser, crisper, door, evaporator, meat keeper"
"Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator."
"An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine."
"Meronym: condenser"
"[…] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator."

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/
British English: /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/

Inflected Forms

refrigerators (plural)

Derived Forms

fridge kegerator microrefrigerator minirefrigerator nanorefrigerator refrig refrigeratorful refrigeratorlike

Phrases

absorption refrigerator Einstein refrigerator Einstein-Szilárd refrigerator in the refrigerator refrigerator-freezer refrigerator magnet refrigerator mom refrigerator mother

Frequently Paired Words

refrigerate refrigeration cooler freezer

Synonyms

fridge icebox chiller coolchest frigerator

Questions

How do you pronounce refrigerator?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/.
What does refrigerator mean?: A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
Where does refrigerator come from?: Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).

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