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refrigeration

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Pronunciation: US /rɪˌfrɪdʒəˈreɪʃən/

refrigeration means: Keeping food or other things cold so they stay safe and last longer.

noun

KEEPING FOOD COLDB2

Keeping food or other things cold so they stay safe and last longer.

  • This milk needs refrigeration.
  • Refrigeration keeps the meat fresh during transport.
  • These unopened jars can be stored without refrigeration.

Similar words: cold storage

Common phrases: require refrigeration, without refrigeration, food refrigeration

COOLING PROCESSC1

The process of taking heat away from something to make it colder.

  • Refrigeration removes heat from the tank.
  • The factory installed a new refrigeration system.
  • How much energy does industrial refrigeration use?

Similar words: cooling

Opposites: heating

Common phrases: refrigeration system, refrigeration equipment, mechanical refrigeration

BODY COOLINGC2

Making a person's body or part of it colder as a medical treatment.

  • The treatment involved refrigeration of the injured area.
  • Doctors monitored the patient's temperature during refrigeration.
  • The paper compared two methods of therapeutic refrigeration.

Similar words: therapeutic cooling

Common phrases: therapeutic refrigeration, body refrigeration, local refrigeration

Questions about refrigeration

What does refrigeration mean?

Keeping food or other things cold so they stay safe and last longer.

What is refrigeration in other languages?

Türkçe: soğukta saklama · Español: refrigeración · Français: réfrigération · Deutsch: Kühllagerung · Italiano: refrigerazione · 日本語: 冷蔵

How do you pronounce refrigeration?

It is pronounced /rɪˌfrɪdʒəˈreɪʃən/.

How do you use refrigeration in a sentence?

This milk needs refrigeration. Refrigeration keeps the meat fresh during transport.

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