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refrigerate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
refrigerate/rɪˈfrɪʤəreɪt/

▶verb subject (food or drink) to cold in order to chill or preserve it.

– derivatives
refrigeration noun,
refrigeratory adjective.

– origin ME: from L. refrigerat-, refrigerare ‘make cool’, from re- ‘back’ + frigus, frigor- ‘cold’.

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