name
Meaning 1
A rare surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
freezer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈfɹiːzə/
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General-American: /ˈfɹizɚ/
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rhymes with -iːzə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: F R IY1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonyms: fridge, fridge-freezer, refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compartment
noun
Meaning 4
A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Parkinson's disease
Topics: medicine, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deep-freeze, Deepfreeze, deep freezer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electric refrigerator, fridge
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English freeze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English freezer From freeze + -er.
Across languages
Translations
169 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فريزر (frēzar) — part of a refrigerator
- Arabic: فريڭو (frīgu) — part of a refrigerator
- Arabic: تلاجة (tallāje) — part of a refrigerator
- Arabic: فريزر (frīzar) — part of a refrigerator
- Armenian: սառցարան (saṙcʻaran) — part of a refrigerator
- Azerbaijani: buzluq — part of a refrigerator
- Belarusian: маразі́лка (marazílka) — part of a refrigerator
- Bulgarian: ка́мера (kámera) — part of a refrigerator
- Catalan: congelador — part of a refrigerator
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰櫃 /冰柜 (bīngguì) — part of a refrigerator
- Czech: mrazák — part of a refrigerator
- Czech: mraznička — part of a refrigerator
- Danish: fryser — part of a refrigerator
- Dutch: vriesvak — part of a refrigerator
- Dutch: vriezer — part of a refrigerator
- Dutch: diepvries — part of a refrigerator
- Dutch: diepvriezer — part of a refrigerator
- Estonian: sügavkülmkapp — part of a refrigerator
- Finnish: pakastelokero — part of a refrigerator
- French: congélateur — part of a refrigerator
- German: Gefrierschrank — part of a refrigerator
- German: Gefriertruhe — part of a refrigerator
- German: Gefrierfach — part of a refrigerator
- Greek: κατάψυξη (katápsyxi) — part of a refrigerator
- Hebrew: מַקְפִּיא (makpí) — part of a refrigerator
- Hungarian: fagyasztó — part of a refrigerator
- Icelandic: frystihólf — part of a refrigerator
- Italian: freezer — part of a refrigerator
- Italian: congelatore — part of a refrigerator
- Italian: surgelatore — part of a refrigerator
- Japanese: 冷凍庫 (reitōko) — part of a refrigerator
- Japanese: フリーザー (furīzā) — part of a refrigerator
- Kazakh: мұздатқыш (mūzdatqyş) — part of a refrigerator
- Khmer: ថតបង្កក (thɑɑt bɑɑbɑngkɑɑk) — part of a refrigerator
- Korean: 냉동고 (naengdonggo) — part of a refrigerator
- Korean: 랭동고 (raengdonggo) — part of a refrigerator
- Kyrgyz: тоңдургуч (toŋdurguc) — part of a refrigerator
- Ladino: frizer — part of a refrigerator
- Latvian: saldētava — part of a refrigerator
- Lithuanian: šaldiklis — part of a refrigerator
- Macedonian: замрзнувач (zamrznuvač) — part of a refrigerator
- Malay: peti sejuk beku — part of a refrigerator
- Māori: pākatio — part of a refrigerator
- Māori: wāhanga tio — part of a refrigerator
- Mongolian: хөлдөөгч (xöldöögč) — part of a refrigerator
- Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (köldegegči) — part of a refrigerator
- Norwegian Bokmål: fryser — part of a refrigerator
- Norwegian Bokmål: dypfryser — part of a refrigerator
- Persian: فریزر (ferizer) — part of a refrigerator
- Persian: یخزن (yax-zan) — part of a refrigerator
- Polish: zamrażarka — part of a refrigerator
- Portuguese: congelador — part of a refrigerator
- Portuguese: frízer — part of a refrigerator
- Romanian: congelator — part of a refrigerator
- Russian: морози́лка (morozílka) — part of a refrigerator
- Serbo-Croatian: замрзѝва̄ч — part of a refrigerator
- Serbo-Croatian: zamrzìvāč — part of a refrigerator
- Slovak: mraznička — part of a refrigerator
- Slovene: zamrzovalnik — part of a refrigerator
- Spanish: congelador — part of a refrigerator
- Swedish: frysfack — part of a refrigerator
- Tajik: сармодон (sarmodon) — part of a refrigerator
- Tajik: морозилка (morozilka) — part of a refrigerator
- Tatar: туңтыргыч (tuñtırğıç) — part of a refrigerator
- Tatar: бозлаткыч (bozlatqıç) — part of a refrigerator
- Thai: ช่องแช่แข็ง — part of a refrigerator
- Turkish: dondurucu — part of a refrigerator
- Turkish: buzluk — part of a refrigerator
- Ukrainian: морози́льник (morozýlʹnyk) — part of a refrigerator
- Ukrainian: морози́лка (morozýlka) — part of a refrigerator
- Uzbek: muzlatgich — part of a refrigerator
- Vietnamese: máy đông lạnh — part of a refrigerator
- Walloon: edjaloe — part of a refrigerator
- Welsh: rhewgell — part of a refrigerator
- Albanian: frigorifer — stand-alone appliance
- Arabic: فريزر (ferīzar, ferēzar) — stand-alone appliance
- Arabic: فريزر (frēzar) — stand-alone appliance
- Arabic: فريڭو (frīgu) — stand-alone appliance
- Arabic: تلاجة (tallāje) — stand-alone appliance
- Arabic: فريزر (frīzar) — stand-alone appliance
- Armenian: սառցարան (saṙcʻaran) — stand-alone appliance
- Basque: izozkailu — stand-alone appliance
- Belarusian: маразі́лка (marazílka) — stand-alone appliance
- Bulgarian: фри́зер (frízer) — stand-alone appliance
- Catalan: congelador — stand-alone appliance
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰櫃 /冰柜 (bīngguì) — stand-alone appliance
- Czech: mraznička — stand-alone appliance
- Czech: mrazák — stand-alone appliance
- Danish: fryser — stand-alone appliance
- Danish: kummefryser — stand-alone appliance
- Danish: fryseskab — stand-alone appliance
- Danish: dybfryser — stand-alone appliance
- Dutch: vriezer — stand-alone appliance
- Dutch: diepvriezer — stand-alone appliance
- Dutch: diepvries — stand-alone appliance
- Esperanto: frostujo — stand-alone appliance
- Estonian: külmuti — stand-alone appliance
- Finnish: pakastin — stand-alone appliance
- French: congélateur — stand-alone appliance
- French: congélo — stand-alone appliance
- Georgian: საყინულე (saq̇inule) — stand-alone appliance
- German: Gefrierschrank — stand-alone appliance
- German: Gefriertruhe — stand-alone appliance
- German: Tiefkühlschrank — stand-alone appliance
- Hebrew: מַקְפִּיא (makpí) — stand-alone appliance
- Icelandic: frystir — stand-alone appliance
- Ido: konjelilo — stand-alone appliance
- Italian: freezer — stand-alone appliance
- Italian: congelatore — stand-alone appliance
- Italian: surgelatore — stand-alone appliance
- Japanese: フリーザー (furīzā) — stand-alone appliance
- Japanese: 冷凍庫 (reitōko) — stand-alone appliance
- Kazakh: мұздатқыш (mūzdatqyş) — stand-alone appliance
- Khmer: ទូបង្កក (tuu bɑɑbɑngkɑɑk) — stand-alone appliance
- Korean: 냉동고 (naengdonggo) — stand-alone appliance
- Korean: 랭동고 (raengdonggo) — stand-alone appliance
- Kyrgyz: тоңдургуч (toŋdurguc) — stand-alone appliance
- Lithuanian: šaldiklis — stand-alone appliance
- Macedonian: замрзнувач (zamrznuvač) — stand-alone appliance
- Maltese: friża — stand-alone appliance
- Māori: pākatio — stand-alone appliance
- Marathi: फ्रीजर (phrījar) — stand-alone appliance
- Mongolian: хөлдөөгч (xöldöögč) — stand-alone appliance
- Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠯᠳᠡᠭᠡᠭᠴᠢ (köldegegči) — stand-alone appliance
- Norman: congélateur — stand-alone appliance
- Norwegian Bokmål: dypfryser — stand-alone appliance
- Persian: فریزر (ferizer) — stand-alone appliance
- Persian: یخزن (yax-zan) — stand-alone appliance
- Polish: zamrażarka — stand-alone appliance
- Portuguese: congelador — stand-alone appliance
- Portuguese: freezer — stand-alone appliance
- Romanian: frigorifice — stand-alone appliance
- Russian: морози́льник (morozílʹnik) — stand-alone appliance
- Russian: морози́лка (morozílka) — stand-alone appliance
- Scottish Gaelic: reothadair — stand-alone appliance
- Serbo-Croatian: замрзѝва̄ч — stand-alone appliance
- Serbo-Croatian: zamrzìvāč — stand-alone appliance
- Slovak: mraznička — stand-alone appliance
- Slovak: mrazák — stand-alone appliance
- Slovene: zmrzovalnik — stand-alone appliance
- Spanish: congelador — stand-alone appliance
- Sranan Tongo: ijskasi — stand-alone appliance
- Swedish: frys — stand-alone appliance
- Swedish: frysskåp — stand-alone appliance
- Tatar: туңдыргыч (tuñdırğıç) — stand-alone appliance
- Tatar: бозлаткыч (bozlatqıç) — stand-alone appliance
- Thai: ตู้แช่ — stand-alone appliance
- Tibetan: ཁྱགས་བཟོའི་གློག་སྒམ (khyags bzo'i glog sgam) — stand-alone appliance
- Turkish: buzluk — stand-alone appliance
- Turkish: dondurucu — stand-alone appliance
- Ukrainian: морози́льник (morozýlʹnyk) — stand-alone appliance
- Ukrainian: морози́лка (morozýlka) — stand-alone appliance
- Uzbek: muzlatgich — stand-alone appliance
- Vietnamese: máy ướp lạnh — stand-alone appliance
- Vietnamese: máy làm kem — stand-alone appliance
- Walloon: edjaloe — stand-alone appliance
- Welsh: rhewgell — stand-alone appliance
- Bulgarian: хлади́лник (hladílnik) — room
- Chinese Mandarin: 冷凍室 /冷冻室 (lěngdòngshì) — room
- Danish: fryserum — room
- Dutch: vrieskamer — room
- Finnish: pakastehuone — room
- German: Gefrierraum — room
- German: Tiefkühlraum — room
- Mongolian: хөлдөөгч камер (xöldöögč kamer) — room
- Polish: chłodnia — room
- Russian: холоди́льник (xolodílʹnik) — room
- Spanish: cámara frigorífica — room
- Thai: ห้องเย็น — room
Real reading context