ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electric refrigerator mean? 

• ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR (noun)
  The noun ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR has 1 sense:

1. a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor

  Familiarity information: ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electric refrigerator; fridge

Hypernyms ("electric refrigerator" is a kind of...):

icebox; refrigerator (white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures)

Meronyms (parts of "electric refrigerator"):

electric motor (a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work)

ice maker (an appliance included in some electric refrigerators for making ice cubes)

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

deep-freeze; deep freezer; Deepfreeze; freezer (electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time)

ice machine (an electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes)