refrigeratory

noun, adj — 3 senses

noun

Etymology Compare French réfrigératoire.

› That which refrigerates or cools.

Dated In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapour in which is thereby condensed.

Dated The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an icemaker.

adj

Etymology Compare French réfrigératoire.

Mitigating heat; cooling.

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