as in to freeze
to cause to lose heat
refrigerate the cake after you frost it so that the frosting doesn't melt
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Recent Examples of refrigerate
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for at least 3 hours, up to 3 days.
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Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Keep your pumpkin in a cool and shady spot or refrigerate it during the day.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Let cool, then refrigerate for at least four hours.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
To firm up, refrigerate the cakes for about 30 minutes before slicing.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
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Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Keep your pumpkin in a cool and shady spot or refrigerate it during the day.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Let cool, then refrigerate for at least four hours.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
To firm up, refrigerate the cakes for about 30 minutes before slicing.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrigerate
Verb
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Numerous gunshots can be heard as the officers fire their weapons, but the video freezes just before Green is shot, which Hoskin said was due to the graphic content.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Modern techniques like freezing herbs in oil or quick-pickling veggies keeps that spirit alive.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The film — part chilling revenge thriller and part absurd slapstick — is riveting.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Shared in October by u/pizzalogdong, the pictures show the gray tabby comfortably chilling inside a carrier, as her kittens are wrapped up in warm blankets by the poster.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ice Therapy Ice therapy involves cooling the painful area of your back.—
RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
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Controversy arose earlier this year after residents, a council member and the mayor declared a cooling station set up for homeless residents and others without adequate heating and cooling as unacceptable.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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