refrigerator Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
    icebox.

WordNet


Re*frig"er*a`tor noun
Definitions
  1. That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically: (a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice. now by a mechanical cooling mechanism. (b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still, etc. or by mechanical refrigeration

Webster 1913