freezer
/'fri:zə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A household or commercial appliance for freezing and storing food: A freezer is an electrically powered refrigeration unit, specifically designed to lower the temperature of food to below its freezing point and maintain it there for long-term preservation. It is a type of deep freeze.
Usage
- A freezer is used to prevent food spoilage by keeping it frozen solid, which significantly slows bacterial growth and chemical reactions.
- It is a common appliance in homes (often as part of a refrigerator) and in commercial settings like restaurants and grocery stores.
Examples
- Noun:
- We need to buy more ice cream for the freezer.
- She stored the homemade soup in the freezer for later.
- The laboratory uses an ultra-low temperature freezer for storing samples.
Advanced Usage
- "to have a freezer full of something": to possess a large quantity of frozen items.
- During the pandemic, we kept a freezer full of vegetables and meat.
- "freezer burn": a condition where frozen food becomes dehydrated and discolored due to air exposure, affecting its quality.
- The steak got freezer burn because the packaging wasn't airtight.
Variants and Related Words
- Freeze (verb): to harden into ice or to become very cold; to preserve by freezing.
- You should freeze the berries before they spoil.
- Freezing (adjective/noun): extremely cold; the process of becoming frozen.
- The freezing temperatures required a heavy coat.
- Deep-freeze (noun): another term for a freezer, especially one that maintains very low temperatures.
- Refrigerator (noun): an appliance for cooling and storing food, typically at temperatures above freezing. A freezer is a compartment within or separate from a refrigerator.
Synonyms
- Deep freeze: A freezer, particularly one that operates at very low temperatures.
- Icebox (archaic/informal): A non-mechanical cooling box or an informal term for a refrigerator/freezer.
- Cryogenic storage unit: A specialized, extremely low-temperature freezer used in scientific and medical contexts.
Related Phrases
- "Stock the freezer": to fill the freezer with food.
- Before the storm, we stocked the freezer with essentials.
- "Freezer-friendly": suitable for storage in a freezer.
- This casserole recipe is very freezer-friendly.
Noun
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electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
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