different between refrigerator vs teaspoon

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

English

Etymology

tea +? spoon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?ti?spun/

Noun

teaspoon (plural teaspoons)

1. A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
2. A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

Synonyms

• (unit of measure): teaspoonful; tsp (abbreviation); (apothecaries' notation) f?j

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See also

• dessert spoon, dessertspoon
• soup spoon, soupspoon
• tablespoon