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REFRIGERANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("refrigerant" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refrigerant"):

cryogen (a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant)

Derivation:

refrigerant (causing cooling or freezing)

refrigerate (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing cooling or freezing

Example:

a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide

Synonyms:

refrigerant; refrigerating

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)

Derivation:

refrigerant (any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator))

refrigerate (cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator)

refrigerate (preserve by chilling)

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