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freez·er

(frē′zər)

A thermally insulated compartment, cabinet, or room in which a subfreezing temperature is maintained for the rapid freezing and storing of perishable items, especially food.

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freezer

(ˈfriːzə)

1. (Mechanical Engineering) a device that freezes or chills, esp an insulated cold-storage cabinet for long-term storage of perishable foodstuffs. Also called: deepfreeze

2. a former name for refrigerator

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

freez•er

(ˈfri zər)

n.

1. a refrigerator, refrigerator compartment, cabinet, or room held at or below 32°F (0°C), used esp. for preserving and storing food.

2. a machine containing a refrigerant for making ice cream, sherbet, or the like.

[1835–45]

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Noun

freezer - electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

deep freezer, Deepfreeze, deep-freeze

electric refrigerator, fridge - a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor

Translations

ثَلَّاجَةحُجَيْرَة التَّجْميد في ثَلّاجَه

mrazničkamrazák

fryserdybfryser

Gefrierfach Gefrierschrank Gefriertruhe Tiefkühler Tiefkühltruhe

καταψύκτης κατάψυξη

congelador

pakastin

congélateur

zamrzivač

fagyasztószekrény

frystir

cella frigorifera congelatore freezer frigorifero

冷凍庫

냉동고

zamrzovalnik

frys

ตู้แช่แข็ง

dondurucu

tủ đá

冰箱冷冻柜

freezer

[ˈfriːzəʳ] N → congelador m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

freezer

[ˈfriːzə^r] n → congélateur mfreezer bag n → sac m congélationfreezer compartment n → freezer mfreezer container n → barquette f de congélation

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

freezer

n → Tiefkühltruhe f; (upright) → Gefrierschrank m; (Brit: = ice compartment of fridge) → Eisfach nt, → (Tief)kühlfach nt, → Gefrierfach nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

freezer

[ˈfriːzəʳ] n (cabinet) → congelatore m (also freezer compartment) → freezer m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

freeze

(friːz) – past tense froze (frəuz) : past participle frozen (ˈfrəuzn) – verb

1. to make into or become ice. It's so cold that the river has frozen over.

2. (of weather) to be at or below freezing-point. If it freezes again tonight all my plants will die.

3. to make or be very cold. If you had stayed out all night in the snow you might have frozen to death (= died of exposure to cold).

4. to make (food) very cold in order to preserve it. You can freeze the rest of that food and eat it later.

5. to make or become stiff, still or unable to move (with fear etc). She froze when she heard the strange noise.

6. to fix prices, wages etc at a certain level. If the situation does not improve, wages will be frozen again.

noun

a period of very cold weather when temperatures are below freezing-point. How long do you think the freeze will last?

ˈfreezer noun

a cabinet for keeping food at, or bringing it down to, a temperature below freezing-point.

ˈfreezing adjective

very cold. This room's freezing.

ˈfrozen adjective

ˈfreezing-point noun

the temperature at which a liquid becomes solid. The freezing-point of water is 0 centigrade.

freeze up

to stop moving or functioning because of extreme cold. The car engine froze up.

freezer

→ ثَلَّاجَة mraznička fryser Gefrierfach κατάψυξη congelador pakastin congélateur zamrzivač congelatore 冷凍庫 냉동고 diepvries dypfryser zamrażalnik congelador морозильник frys ตู้แช่แข็ง dondurucu tủ đá 冷冻柜

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