deep freezer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of deep freezer
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
Example Sentences
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The $2,500 he spent yielded about 300 pounds or an entire deep freezer of meat, which he hopes can get him through the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
It is a misdemeanor in Washington to abandon a fridge, icebox or deep freezer that is at least one and a half cubic feet in size anywhere children can access it.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
Boo Boo was selling out too much, so she purchased the deep freezer to store more frozen cups.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023
The first electric ground-source heat pump is credited to American inventor Robert C. Webber, who was tinkering with a deep freezer in his cellar in the late 1940s when he realized it produced scalding water.
From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2022
Years later, Guenter told me he still had it in his deep freezer, which I guess is the only place to keep an uncured fish.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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