freezer

/'fri:zə/

Thân thiện

A family places fresh vegetables into the freezer.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

Từ đồng nghĩa

• deep-freeze
• Deepfreeze
• deep freezer