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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refrigerate.

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Examples

  • Gorske said he normally buys six on Monday and eight on Thursday and freezes or refrigerates them and warms them when he wants to eat them, so he doesn't have to run to the restaurant all the time.

    Man eats 25,000th Big Mac, 39 years after his 1st 2011

  • This will keep well for a day or two at room temperature, and also refrigerates (covered, in an airtight container) well for a day or two if you live somewhere too hot to keep food out on the counter.

    Apple Crumb Coffee Cake | Baking Bites 2009

  • In Gascony, an overlooked part of southwestern France, Yves Grassa takes such care that he refrigerates his grapes as they are being harvested in the vineyard to maximize freshness heading back to the winery on the same property.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • In Gascony, an overlooked part of southwestern France, Yves Grassa takes such care that he refrigerates his grapes as they are being harvested in the vineyard to maximize freshness heading back to the winery on the same property.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • Especially when someone else accidentally finishes off "my" kimchee, which Mom refrigerates to keep less ripe than "my sisters" kimchee, which she leaves out on the countertop for days to ferment to the point that it could be considered illegal to drive under its influence.

    Sunday Brunch and Why Cooking for One is Just No Fun 2007

  • As soon as the tank auto refrigerates, which means as soon as liquid comes out fast enough, long enough for the leak to slow down, then we're going to try get some plugs in it.

    CNN Transcript May 7, 2007 2007

  • [1493] Baths dry too much, if used in excess, be they natural or artificial, and offend extreme hot, or cold; [1494] one dries, the other refrigerates overmuch.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It just depends with the temperature and everything we have to wait until -- what happens when it auto refrigerates it's letting out fuel so fast that then the temperature is going down.

    CNN Transcript May 7, 2007 2007

  • Or better still, the oven that refrigerates so you can start the meal later in the day even by internet.

    Advice for a Chronically Late Adopter? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • Especially when someone else accidentally finishes off "my" kimchee, which Mom refrigerates to keep less ripe than "my sisters" kimchee, which she leaves out on the countertop for days to ferment to the point that it could be considered illegal to drive under its influence.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

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