Hypertext Webster Gateway: "refrigerating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Refrigerate \Re*frig"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Refrigerated} (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Refrigerating}.] [L. refrigeratus, p. p. of refrigerare;
pref. re- re- + frigerare to make cool, fr. frigus, frigoris,
coolness. See {Frigid}.]
To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
refrigerating
adj : causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such
as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: {refrigerant}]
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