Refrigerant

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  • adjective. Cooling or freezing; refrigerating.
  • adjective. Reducing fever.
  • noun. A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of a refrigerator or by direct absorption of heat.
  • noun. An agent used to reduce fever.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Abating heat; cooling.
  • noun. Anything which abates the sensation of heat, or cools.
  • noun. Figuratively, anything which allays or extinguishes.
  • noun. A refrigerating agent; a refrigerator.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively.
  • adjective. Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. That cools or freezes
  • noun. A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
  • noun. That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. causing cooling or freezing
  • noun. any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
  • Word Usage
    "Beaware that the EPA fine for the intentional release of a refrigerant is $27,500."
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    cold  
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