re·frig·er·ate 
(r
ĭ-fr
ĭj
ə-r
āt
′)
tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed,
re·frig·er·at·ing,
re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance).
2. To preserve (food) by chilling.
[Latin refrīgerāre, refrīgerāt- : re-, re- + frīgerāre, to make cool (from frīgus, frīgor-, coldness).]
re·frig′er·ation n.
re·friger·a′tive, re·friger·a·to′ry (-ər-ə-tôr′ē) adj.