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Webster 1913 Edition
Refrigerator
Re-frig′er-aˊtor
(-?ˊt?r)
, Noun.
That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Specifically: (a)
A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.
(b)
An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc.
Refrigerator car
(Railroad)
, a freight car constructed as a refrigerator, for the transportation of fresh meats, fish, etc., in a temperature kept cool by ice.