deep freezer

noun

1. freezer ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of deep freezer¹

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50

Example Sentences

Aged between three and six, the children were found inside the unused deep freezer in the densely populated area of the town of Katima Mulilo on Monday afternoon.

From BBC

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

Boo Boo was selling out too much, so she purchased the deep freezer to store more frozen cups.

From Salon

As police interview Dahmer’s father, detailing the horrific discoveries they made in his son’s apartment, the series displays a severed head found in Dahmer’s refrigerator and a human heart stashed in a deep freezer.

From Washington Post

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