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   refrigerate

   /rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. subject (food or drink) to cold in order to chill or preserve it, typically by placing it in a refrigerator: "refrigerate the dough for one hour"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin refrigerat- ‘made cool’, from the verb refrigerare, from re- ‘back’ + frigus, frigor- ‘cold’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. refrigeratory adjective
   • 2. refrigerative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

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