Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 385 (Refrigeration)

Make sure you have read the copyright information for this Project Gutenberg thesaurus, as well as the description of the thesaurus.

#385. Refrigeration. -- N. refrigeration, infrigidation[obs], reduction of temperature; cooling &c. v.; congelation[obs], conglaciation| [obs]; ice &c. 383; solidification &c. (density) 321; ice box (refrigerator) 385..

extincteur[Fr]; fire annihilator; amianth[obs], amianthus[obs]; earth-flax, mountain-flax; flexible asbestos; fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility) 388a.

incombustibility, incombustibleness &c. adj[obs]. (insulation) 388a.

air conditioning[residential cooling], central air conditioning; air conditioner; fan, attic fan; dehumidifier.

V. cool, fan, refrigerate, refresh, ice; congeal, freeze, glaciate; benumb, starve, pinch, chill, petrify, chill to the marrow, regelate[obs], nip, cut, pierce, bite, make one's teeth chatter,

damp, slack quench; put out, stamp out; extinguish; go out, burn out (incombustibility) 388a..

Adj. cooled &c. v.; frozen out; cooling &c. v.; frigorific[obs].