refrigerator

refrigerator
refrigerator "cabinet for keeping food cool," 1824, originally in the brewery trade, in place of earlier refrigeratory (c.1600). Agent noun from REFRIGERATE (Cf. refrigerate). The electric-powered household device was available from c.1918.

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