Refrigerating

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of refrigerating. uncountable

    "Refrigerating is just as important as handwashing to the food safety program."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of refrigerate form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "They are refrigerating the leftovers because they plan to eat them for dinner tomorrow."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing refrigeration.

    "A new refrigerating system will be installed in the packinghouse next month."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing cooling or freezing wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
coldrefrigerantrefrigeration

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"Naivasha is Kenya's floriculture heartland and workers at Van den Berg Kenya are trimming, packing and refrigerating bundles of roses."

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