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freezer

noun

Simple meaning

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius.

Pronunciation

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freezer

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈfɹizɚ

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Definition

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noun

  1. An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

  2. The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

  3. computing

    A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified.

  4. A rare surname.

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

Used this way, freezer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use freezer

  • “I put the leftover soup into the freezer for later.”

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