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FREEZ-uh/ˈfriːzə/

A freezer keeps food frozen: in the freezer, a chest freezer, freezer bag. A fridge (refrigerator) is cold but not usually icy; frozen food lives in the freezer. Freeze is the verb. Ice cream belongs in the freezer, milk usually in the fridge. Do not write freezer for the whole fridge.

Meaning

A machine that keeps food frozen hard.

Examples

• “Put the ice cream in the freezer.”
• “There are frozen peas in the freezer.”
• “She labelled the soup and put it in the freezer.”

Good to know

in the freezer. Colder than a fridge. Verb: freeze. Ice cream: freezer, not fridge.

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