refrigeratory

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: re=frig=er=a=to=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

refrigeratory, a. [L. refrigeratorius.].

 Mitigating heat; cooling.  [1913 Webster]

refrigeratory, n. [CF. F. réfrigératoire.].

 That which refrigerates or cools.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

refrigeratory, adj. & n.
--adj. serving to cool.
--n. (pl. -ies) hist. a cold-water vessel attached to a still for condensing vapour.

Etymology

mod.L refrigeratorium (n.), L refrigeratorius (adj.) (as REFRIGERATE)

ROGET THESAURUS

refrigeratory

Refrigerator

N refrigerator, refrigeratory, frigidarium, cold storage, cold room, cold laboratory, icehouse, icepail, icebag, icebox, cooler, damper, polyurethane cooler, wine cooler, freezer, deep freeze, dry ice freezer, liquid nitrogen freezer, refigerator-freezer, freezing mixture, ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice, liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium.