Freezer


[free-zer] /ˈfri zər/

noun
1.
a refrigerator, refrigerator compartment, cabinet, or room held at or below 32°F (0°C), used especially for preserving and storing food.
2.
a machine containing cold brine, ice, etc., for making ice cream, sherbet, or the like.
3.
a person or thing that or chills.
/ˈfriːzə/
noun
1.
Also called deepfreeze. a device that freezes or chills, esp an insulated cold-storage cabinet for long-term storage of perishable foodstuffs
2.
a former name for refrigerator
n.

1847 as the name of an item in ice-cream manufacture; from freeze (v.) + -er (1). As a household appliance, from 1945. Freezer burn attested from 1929.

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