Synonyms for refrigerate
rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪtre·fri·ger·ate

Princeton's WordNet

1. refrigerateverb

   preserve by chilling

   "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"

2. refrigerateverb

   cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator

   "refrigerate this medicine"

Matched Categories

1. • Cool
   • Preserve

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1. refrigerateverb

   Synonyms:
   cool, chill, make cool, reduce the heat of

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1. List of paraphrases for "refrigerate":

   cooling

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How to use refrigerate in a sentence?

1. Cara Lanz of MidwesternHomeLife.com:

   Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels have all the flavors of buffalo chicken wings — spicy sauce, chicken, celery and blue cheese — rolled up into a tortilla. So no messy fingers, the trick to achieving pinwheels that hold their shape and don't fall apart is to wrap the tortilla rolls in plastic wrap and refrigerate them for several hours before slicing.

2. John Swartzberg:

   Listeria survives well at cool temperatures, most bacteria and fungi do not -- that's why we refrigerate. Healthy people are at low risk for disease, but it can happen. Those at greatest risk for disease are the elderly, immunocompromised and pregnant.

3. Mark McClellan:

   The JJ vaccine is one Johnson Johnson can refrigerate for a long time but as part of this emergency, we weren't able to take the time to see just how long they could last.