Refrigeration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Refrigeration \Re*frig`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
     r['e]frig['e]ration, L. refrigeratio.]
     The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state
     of being cooled.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  refrigeration
       n 1: the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for
            preservative purposes [syn: {infrigidation}]
       2: deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic
          purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body
          in a cold bath"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigeration":
     anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
     curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
     evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking,
     marination, mummification, pickling, potting, quick-freezing,
     salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning