freezer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below…

   An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

   • The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp.
   • It’s easy to grab plastic-wrapped daifuku at Japanese grocery stores in New York, and to spot boxes of mochi ice cream in supermarket freezer aisles.
   • Fridges contain gases that can cause serious environmental damage and are among the most toxic white goods if not disposed of correctly, along with freezers and air conditioning units.
2. 2

   The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a…

   The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

   • Holonyms: fridge, fridge-freezer, refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer
3. 3

   A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.

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   1. 4

      A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected,…

      A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified.

      • […] "freezer" cartridges (such as the Action Replay), as a convenient way to take control […]
      • The execution of the program was suspended with a special hardware expansion, the freezer, and the contents of the memory were saved to disk.
   2. 5

      A rare surname.

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