Froster

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who applies frosting.

    "A froster and a cake sealer had repeated attacks of dermatitis on returning to their work, although the cause could not be ascertained."

  2. 2
    A kind of freezer for food.

    "To standardize his rapid-freeze process, Birdseye devised an iron container with steel plates. Within them he placed packages of fresh fish in a low-temperature brine refrigerant. Knowing that the public would be wary, Birdseye named the contraption a froster rather than a freezer."

Example

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"A froster and a cake sealer had repeated attacks of dermatitis on returning to their work, although the cause could not be ascertained."

Etymology

From frost + -er.

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