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Refrigerator
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically:
2. A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.
3. 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.