refrigeration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

refrigeration
    n 1: the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for
         preservative purposes [syn: {refrigeration},
         {infrigidation}]
    2: deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic
       purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a
       cold bath"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Refrigeration \Re*frig`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
   r['e]frig['e]ration, L. refrigeratio.]
   The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state
   of being cooled.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigeration":
      anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
      curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
      evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking,
      marination, mummification, pickling, potting, quick-freezing,
      salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning

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