refrigerator

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪɾɚ/, /ɹəˈfɹɪd͡ʒəˌɹeɪɾɚ/

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refrigerator (plural refrigerators)

An open refrigerator

1. A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

2. One who has a chilling influence.
   • Charles Dickens, Bleak House

     […] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.

• chiller
• coolchest
• fridge, frigerator
• icebox

rēfrīgerātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of rēfrīgerō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of rēfrīgerō