freezer

[ free-zer ]

noun

1. a refrigerator, refrigerator compartment, cabinet, or room held at or below 32°F (0°C), used especially for preserving and storing food.
2. a machine containing cold brine, ice, etc., for making ice cream, sherbet, or the like.
3. a person or thing that freezes or chills.

freezer

/ ˈfriːzə /

noun

1. Also calleddeepfreeze a device that freezes or chills, esp an insulated cold-storage cabinet for long-term storage of perishable foodstuffs
2. a former name for refrigerator

Word History and Origins

Origin of freezer¹

First recorded in 1835–45; freeze + -er ¹

Example Sentences

My freezer was so full, I couldn’t have slid in a pound of bacon.”

From Los Angeles Times

This makes us many things: Proud, exhausted, delighted, occasionally irritated, perpetually anxious, often overwhelmed by love and strangely aware of the varying quality of chicken strips in grocery store freezer sections.

From Los Angeles Times

Stouffer's, a familiar name in frozen dinners, is moving beyond the freezer aisle with a new shelf-stable offering aimed at expanding its mac and cheese empire.

From Salon

It is not clear why the non-functional freezer was left outside a house of one of the affected families.

From BBC

Police in Namibia are investigating the death of four children who were playing in an empty old freezer in the north-eastern Zambezi Region.

From BBC

Related Words

• cooler
• refrigerator