Dictionary

freezer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹizɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɹiːzə/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English freeze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English freezer From freeze + -er.

Meanings

1. 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. 1976, USITC Publication - Issue 773, page A-33:
   • 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. 2019 August 6, Stephen Burgen, “Man caught fly-tipping fridge in ravine fined and made to drag it back”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
   • 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. 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
2. 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. (qualifier:Parkinson's disease) A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.
4. 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 […] (page 231)
   • The execution of the program was suspended with a special hardware expansion, the freezer, and the contents of the memory were saved to disk. 2016, Polgár Tamás, Freax: The Brief History of the Computer Demoscene:

Forms

Coordinates

refrigerator · icebox · fridge

Deriveds

deepfreeze · freezerless · refrigerator-freezer · freezer cooking · freezer block · freezer bag · freezer paper · deep-freeze · freezer burn · chest freezer · freezerware · deep freeze · freezer-proof · ultrafreezer · upright freezer · keezer · walk-in freezer · flash freezer · freezerful · freezer ship · fridge-freezer · bumfreezer · biofreezer

Descendants

friza

Hypernyms

compartment

Translations (169)

mi pākatio (stand-alone appliance) · ko 냉동고 (stand-alone appliance) · tr buzluk (stand-alone appliance) · wa edjaloe (stand-alone appliance) · sk mraznička (stand-alone appliance) · ja 冷凍庫 (stand-alone appliance) · pl chłodnia (room) · it surgelatore (part of a refrigerator) · ko 랭동고 (part of a refrigerator) · cmn 冷凍室 /冷冻室 (room) · sh замрзѝва̄ч (stand-alone appliance) · uk морози́льник (stand-alone appliance) · ky тоңдургуч (part of a refrigerator) · wa edjaloe (part of a refrigerator) · nl diepvriezer (part of a refrigerator) · tr dondurucu (stand-alone appliance) · it freezer (stand-alone appliance) · bg фри́зер (stand-alone appliance) · da fryser (stand-alone appliance) · mi pākatio (part of a refrigerator) · lv saldētava (part of a refrigerator) · tt туңдыргыч (stand-alone appliance) · kk мұздатқыш (part of a refrigerator) · mn ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (stand-alone appliance) · tg сармодон (part of a refrigerator) · sk mrazák (stand-alone appliance) · ajp فريزر (stand-alone appliance) · mk замрзнувач (part of a refrigerator) · it congelatore (part of a refrigerator) · de Tiefkühlschrank (stand-alone appliance) · ary فريڭو (part of a refrigerator) · da fryserum (room) · ca congelador (part of a refrigerator) · es congelador (part of a refrigerator) · cmn 冰櫃 /冰柜 (part of a refrigerator) · de Gefrierfach (part of a refrigerator) · fr congélo (stand-alone appliance) · nl vrieskamer (room) · lt šaldiklis (stand-alone appliance) · mn хөлдөөгч камер (room) · sl zmrzovalnik (stand-alone appliance) · bg хлади́лник (room) · km ថតបង្កក (part of a refrigerator) · ru морози́лка (part of a refrigerator) · nb dypfryser (stand-alone appliance) · uk морози́лка (stand-alone appliance) · nb fryser (part of a refrigerator) · apc تلاجة (part of a refrigerator) · ru морози́льник (stand-alone appliance) · it freezer (part of a refrigerator) · fa فریزر (stand-alone appliance) · it congelatore (stand-alone appliance) · da dybfryser (stand-alone appliance) · uz muzlatgich (stand-alone appliance) · uk морози́лка (part of a refrigerator) · nl diepvries (stand-alone appliance) · cs mrazák (part of a refrigerator) · arz فريزر (stand-alone appliance) · nl diepvriezer (stand-alone appliance) · th ตู้แช่ (stand-alone appliance) · apc تلاجة (stand-alone appliance) · th ห้องเย็น (room) · cs mrazák (stand-alone appliance) · tg морозилка (part of a refrigerator) · mn ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (part of a refrigerator) · pt frízer (part of a refrigerator) · he מַקְפִּיא (stand-alone appliance) · hu fagyasztó (part of a refrigerator) · eo frostujo (stand-alone appliance) · fa فریزر (part of a refrigerator) · tt бозлаткыч (stand-alone appliance) · ja フリーザー (stand-alone appliance) · uk морози́льник (part of a refrigerator) · bg ка́мера (part of a refrigerator) · io konjelilo (stand-alone appliance) · tt бозлаткыч (part of a refrigerator) · be маразі́лка (part of a refrigerator) · mi wāhanga tio (part of a refrigerator) · kk мұздатқыш (stand-alone appliance) · bo ཁྱགས་བཟོའི་གློག་སྒམ (stand-alone appliance) · tr dondurucu (part of a refrigerator) · hy սառցարան (stand-alone appliance) · cy rhewgell (stand-alone appliance) · sh zamrzìvāč (stand-alone appliance) · vi máy đông lạnh (part of a refrigerator) · nb dypfryser (part of a refrigerator) · th ช่องแช่แข็ง (part of a refrigerator) · sh zamrzìvāč (part of a refrigerator) · el κατάψυξη (part of a refrigerator) · he מַקְפִּיא (part of a refrigerator) · lad frizer (part of a refrigerator) · nl vriesvak (part of a refrigerator) · uz muzlatgich (part of a refrigerator) · be маразі́лка (stand-alone appliance) · afb فريزر (stand-alone appliance) · da kummefryser (stand-alone appliance) · fi pakastelokero (part of a refrigerator) · cmn 冰櫃 /冰柜 (stand-alone appliance) · tt туңтыргыч (part of a refrigerator) · ary فريڭو (stand-alone appliance) · afb فريزر (part of a refrigerator) · tr buzluk (part of a refrigerator) · nrf congélateur (stand-alone appliance) · ko 냉동고 (part of a refrigerator) · sv frysfack (part of a refrigerator) · es cámara frigorífica (room) · et külmuti (stand-alone appliance) · sv frys (stand-alone appliance) · hy սառցարան (part of a refrigerator) · de Gefrierschrank (stand-alone appliance) · nl vriezer (part of a refrigerator) · sv frysskåp (stand-alone appliance) · ca congelador (stand-alone appliance) · cs mraznička (part of a refrigerator) · da fryseskab (stand-alone appliance) · es congelador (stand-alone appliance) · fi pakastin (stand-alone appliance) · ms peti sejuk beku (part of a refrigerator) · ky тоңдургуч (stand-alone appliance) · cs mraznička (stand-alone appliance) · az buzluq (part of a refrigerator) · ko 랭동고 (stand-alone appliance) · srn ijskasi (stand-alone appliance) · fr congélateur (stand-alone appliance) · mt friża (stand-alone appliance) · de Gefrierraum (room) · pl zamrażarka (stand-alone appliance) · mr फ्रीजर (stand-alone appliance) · mn хөлдөөгч (stand-alone appliance) · de Tiefkühlraum (room) · fa یخزن (part of a refrigerator) · nl vriezer (stand-alone appliance) · ro congelator (part of a refrigerator) · mk замрзнувач (stand-alone appliance) · de Gefriertruhe (part of a refrigerator) · pt freezer (stand-alone appliance) · ajp فريزر (part of a refrigerator) · nl diepvries (part of a refrigerator) · ru морози́лка (stand-alone appliance) · da fryser (part of a refrigerator) · sl zamrzovalnik (part of a refrigerator) · ka საყინულე (stand-alone appliance) · de Gefrierschrank (part of a refrigerator) · mn хөлдөөгч (part of a refrigerator) · is frystir (stand-alone appliance) · km ទូបង្កក (stand-alone appliance) · fi pakastehuone (room) · ja 冷凍庫 (part of a refrigerator) · de Gefriertruhe (stand-alone appliance) · vi máy làm kem (stand-alone appliance) · sk mraznička (part of a refrigerator) · pt congelador (stand-alone appliance) · pt congelador (part of a refrigerator) · eu izozkailu (stand-alone appliance) · fa یخزن (stand-alone appliance) · it surgelatore (stand-alone appliance) · lt šaldiklis (part of a refrigerator) · gd reothadair (stand-alone appliance) · ja フリーザー (part of a refrigerator) · pl zamrażarka (part of a refrigerator) · ru холоди́льник (room) · sh замрзѝва̄ч (part of a refrigerator) · ro frigorifice (stand-alone appliance) · cy rhewgell (part of a refrigerator) · sq frigorifer (stand-alone appliance) · fr congélateur (part of a refrigerator) · et sügavkülmkapp (part of a refrigerator) · is frystihólf (part of a refrigerator) · vi máy ướp lạnh (stand-alone appliance)