| Main Entry: | refrigeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cooling |
Synonyms: |
chilling, freezing, keeping cold, regelation |
| Concept: | Refrigeration. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; heat |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
refrigeration, infrigidation, reduction of temperature; cooling; congelation, conglaciation; ice; solidification (density); ice box (refrigeratory)., extincteur; fire annihilator; amianth, amianthus; earth-flax, mountain-flax; flexible asbestos; fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility)., incombustibility, incombustibleness (insulation).
-verbs
cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate, nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter,, damp, slack quench; put out, stamp out; extinguish; go out, burn out (incombustibility).
-adjectives
cooled; frozen out; cooling; frigorific., incombustible; uninflammable, unflammable; fireproof.
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Antonyms: |
calefaction |
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