different between reefer vs refrigerator

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??i?f?/
• Rhymes: -i?f?(r)

Etymology 1

From reef +? -er.

Noun

reefer (plural reefers)

1. (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.
   • 1922, Katherine Mansfield, ‘Prelude’, Oxford 2002 (Selected Stories), p. 85:

     Her reefer cap was all on one side and on her cheek there was the print of an anchor button she had pressed on while sleeping.

   • 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Times, p. 27:

     The mess table, at which the reefers and mates made merry, was fixed in the middle of the berth.

2. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth.

Derived terms

• reefer jacket

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of refrigerator.

Noun

reefer (plural reefers)

1. (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.
2. (rail transport, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar).

Translations

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from regional Spanish grifa (“cannabis”) (Mexico), grifo (“someone who smokes cannabis”) (Central America).

Noun

reefer (countable and uncountable, plural reefers) (slang)

1. (countable) A marijuana cigarette.
2. (uncountable) Marijuana.

Synonyms

• (marijuana cigarette): See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette, Appendix:Cannabis slang

Translations

Anagrams

• Ferree

English

Etymology

From refrigerate +? -or

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???f??d?????e?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???f??d?????e???/, /???f??d?????e???/

Noun

refrigerator (plural refrigerators)

1. A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
2. A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
3. One who has a chilling influence.
   • 1852-53, Charles Dickens, Bleak House

     […] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.

Synonyms

• chiller
• coolchest
• fridge, frigerator
• icebox

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /re.fri?.?e?ra?.tor/, [r?f?i?????ä?t??r]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.fri.d??e?ra.tor/, [r?f?id???????t??r]

Verb

refr?ger?tor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of refr?ger?

Romanian

Etymology

From French réfrigérateur

Noun

refrigerator n (plural refrigeratoare)

1. refrigerator

   Synonym: frigider

Declension