refrigerating - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Adjective refrigerating has 1 sense

refrigerant, refrigerating - causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide"
Antonym: hot (indirect, via cold)

Verb refrigerate has 2 senses

refrigerate - preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"
--₁ is one way to preserve, keep

Derived forms: noun refrigeration₁, noun refrigerator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
refrigerate - cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine"
--₂ is one way to cool, chill, cool down

Derived forms: noun refrigeration₁, noun refrigerant₁, noun refrigerator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something