crisper
nounUK /ˈkɹɪspə/ · US /ˈkɹɪspɚ/
Etymology From crisp + -er.
1
A cooled food storage container, used to cool items that do not require complete refrigeration.
2
The section of a refrigerator used to store fruit and vegetables at a slightly higher temperature than the rest of the refrigerator.
3
An instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth.
4
Archaic A device for crisping or curling the hair.
- Now she had washed her hair and set it with those tin crispers to which her brother-in-law had objected, and rolled the ends on metal curlers.1944, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 61, page 51: