Freon

[ free-on ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for any of a class of liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or chlorofluorocarbon products, used chiefly as refrigerants.

Freon

/ ˈfriːɒn /

noun

1. any of a group of chemically unreactive chlorofluorocarbons used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, and solvents

Example Sentences

It was only the next day that he visited a mechanic and learned the air conditioner had run out of Freon.

From Los Angeles Times

The vessel was reported to have an estimated 55,000 gallons of diesel and 19,000 pounds of Freon, a noncombustible gas commonly used as a refrigerant.

From New York Times

At DuPont, the new arrangement housed the company's Freon refrigerant division.

From Scientific American

Freon, a chlorofluorocarbon, was the solution to replace toxic and flammable ammonia in refrigerators, but then it caused stratospheric ozone depletion.

From Salon

The words floated out of his mouth cooler than Freon and everybody danced.

From Washington Post