REFRIGERATOR

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically:

2.
n.

A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.

3.
n.

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.