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Dictionary: freez·er   (frē'zər) pronunciation
n.
A thermally insulated compartment, cabinet, or room in which a subfreezing temperature is maintained for the rapid freezing and storing of perishable items, especially food.


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A mechanically refrigerated room or cabinet for the storage of frozen foods; usually maintained at a temperature of about 10°F (approx. –12°C).


The compartment in which meat and offal are stored at freezing temperatures of 10 to 16°F (−12 to −9°C) although there is a trend to lower temperatures of 0 to −22°F (−18 to −30°C).

  • f. burn — discoloration of offal due to dehydration at very low temperatures. The tissue is withered, yellow and unpalatable and is condemned.
  • sharp f. — a freezing chamber kept at the lower temperature range of 0 to −22°F (−18 to −30°C).
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fryser, kølevogn, køleskab

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    køleskabsboks

Nederlands (Dutch)
vriezer

Français (French)
n. - congélateur, (US) sorbetière

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    freezer, compartiment-congélateur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gefriertruhe

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    Tiefkühlfach

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψυγείο καταψύξεως, καταψύκτης

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    καταψύκτης ψυγείου

Italiano (Italian)
congelatore

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    comparto congelatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - congelador (m)

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    congelador (m) (compartimento de geladeira)

Русский (Russian)
холодильник, тюрьма

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    морозилка

Español (Spanish)
n. - heladera, máquina frigorífica

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    congelador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - frys

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
制冰淇淋的机器, 冷藏箱, 制冷工, 冰箱

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    冷冻室, 冷冻库

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 製霜淇淋的機器, 冷藏箱, 製冷工, 冰箱

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    冷凍室, 冷凍庫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 냉동차, 냉동장치, 냉장고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 冷凍庫, 冷凍室, フリーザー

idioms:

  • freezer compartment    冷凍庫の仕切り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجمد , حجرة التجميد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקפא, תא-הקפאה, מקרר‬


 
 

 

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