refrigerated 1 of 2

past tense of refrigerate
as in chilled
to cause to lose heat refrigerate the cake after you frost it so that the frosting doesn't melt

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refrigerated

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adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrigerated
Adjective
  • Harvard has already had more than $2 billion in federal funds canceled or frozen and is currently suing the administration.
    Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • The neck of the bottle is frozen, and when opened, the pressure ejects the sediment plug cleanly.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Looking forward A number of sectors cooled, while others heated up.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the anger that fueled once-unthinkable scenes of vandalism has cooled.
    Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Stir it into unsweetened iced tea to create your own strawberry Arnold Palmer.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
  • This best-selling set from Williams Sonoma is made for everyday use and can support anything from hot coffee to iced tea.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • When the property bubble burst and prices began to fall amid a broader economic slowdown, the market froze, leaving many of these units unoccupied.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The government initially froze all these grants and contracts.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • It is centered with a 14.03-carat unheated Ceylon sapphire.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Gibbons pressed hot and unheated probes to the antennas of various bees; a control group wasn’t touched at all.
    Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Every school created a pool of students to do the cleaning, supply a fruit platter, decorate and, finally, bake a frosted dessert.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 May 2025
  • Below is a frosted lens of durable ABS that softly diffuses the LED light.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
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