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refrigerated

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verb

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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refrigerated
Adjective
  • Russia said Ukraine unexpectedly postponed a transfer involving prisoners of war and the bodies of dead soldiers, leaving more than 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point with no one to collect them.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • Some fans have their hands over their mouths in disbelief, almost frozen.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • Wongso was accused of slipping cyanide into the friend's iced Vietnamese coffee at an upscale café in Jan. 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia, per the New York Times.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • Instead of flipping through manuals or accessing Starbucks’ intranet, baristas will be able to use a tablet behind the counter equipped with Green Dot Assist to get answers to a range of questions, from how to make an iced shaken espresso to troubleshooting equipment errors.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 10 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
  • The next lot was a ruby and diamond necklace with unheated Burmese rubies that fetched $270,868.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Prepare and preheat a charcoal grill for indirect cooking, with one hot side and one hold (unheated) side.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 12 May 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
  • 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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“Refrigerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refrigerated. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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