refrigeratory

Variant of refrigerate

transitive verb refrigerated, refrigerating

  1. to make or keep cool or cold; chill
  2. to preserve (food, biologicals, etc.) by keeping cold or freezing

Origin: < L refrigeratus, pp. of refrigerare, to make cool or cold < re-, intens. + frigerare, to cool < frigus, cold: see frigid

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