refrigerated

«refrigerated» in Mova's school dictionary: kept cold in a fridge or a cold room so that food or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (refrigerated); past form of the verb refrigerate (refrigerate, refrigerates, refrigerated, refrigerating)

meaning for a pupil

1) Refrigerated means kept cold in a fridge or a cold room so that food or medicine stays fresh. tree →

2) A refrigerated lorry or truck has a cold box to carry food a long way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons it is about keeping food safe: milk, meat and some medicines must be refrigerated so that germs grow slowly. On labels: «Keep refrigerated», «Once opened, keep refrigerated». Phrases: «keep refrigerated», «refrigerated truck», «refrigerated section».

examples

• Once opened, keep refrigerated and use within three days. tree →
• The fish came in a refrigerated lorry. tree →
• Some medicines must be refrigerated. tree →
• The refrigerated section of the supermarket is very cold. tree →
• The milk was refrigerated at 4 degrees. tree →
• Refrigerated food stays fresh longer. tree →
• The ice cream was taken from the refrigerated van. tree →

note

«Refrigerator» is the long word for «fridge» (no d in refrigerator, but a d in «fridge»). Spelling: refrigerated has only one d. Cold does not kill germs; it only slows them down, so refrigerated food can still go off.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «refrigerated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.