refrigerate
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Is refrigerate a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete in general sense) To make (someone or something) cool; to cool down.Examples: "[T]he other [artery] goes to the lungs, to fetch air to refrigerate the heart."; "They vvould go over board vvith a Rope faſtned about them, that by drenching themſelves a vvhile in the Sea, they might eaſe the internal Heat vvhich parched them; and vvhen they ſtood any of them to ſteer the Veſſel, they vvould have their Feet in a Pail of Sea VVater to refrigerate 'em."; "Persons born in winter are, so to say, of a cold and frosty disposition and can thereby exert a refrigerating influence on the temperature of the air."broadlyobsoletetransitive
2. (transitive, specifically) To keep (something) cool by containing within a refrigerator.Examples: "Please refrigerate your uncooked meats at or below 40° Fahrenheit."Synonyms: fridgespecificallytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary