refrigerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb preserve by chilling
    • many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil
  2. verb cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator
    • refrigerate this medicine

WordNet

Re*frig"er*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. refrigeratus, p. p. cf. refrigerare; pref. re- re- + grigerare to make cool, fr. fragus, frigoris, coolness. See Frigid.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Refrigerated present participle & verbal noun Refrigerating
Definitions
  1. To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

Webster 1913