past and past participle
Put food or drinks in a refrigerator, or kept them there, so they stayed fresh.
The restaurant refrigerated the desserts overnight.
The milk was refrigerated immediately after delivery.
American English
How to pronounce refrigerated
verb · adjectiveB1
rihFRIHjeraydihd
/ɹɪˈfɹɪ.ʤɚˌeɪ.ɾɪd̚/
5 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of refrigerate
Put food or drinks in a refrigerator, or kept them there, so they stayed fresh.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
participial adjective
Kept cold in a refrigerator so that it stays fresh.
Keep the refrigerated food below 40°F.
The refrigerated truck arrived early this morning.
Related words & forms
Refrigerate means keep something cold in a refrigerator; it does not mean freeze it.