(a) = ice chamber n. †(b) (usually in plural) a room in which ices (sense 4b) or iced beverages are served (obsolete).

a compartment containing, or cooled by, ice; a refrigerating or freezing chamber.

Originally: a box or compartment for holding ice or that is kept cool by means of ice; an ice chest. Now usually: (a) (chiefly North American…

(a) a special compartment or piece of apparatus which is kept cool or contains cool air; cf. hot chamber n. at hot, adj. n.1compounds 3; (b) a…

a refrigerated chest or other storage compartment; a refrigerator, icebox.

A machine used for freezing, or for keeping anything extremely cold. Also, a refrigerated room; a compartment in a refrigerator or freezing…

A container, chamber, or appliance in which a temperature near or below the freezing point of water is artificially created and maintained, usually…

a room for chilling or refrigerating meat, etc.

A kind of small domestic refrigerator. Now historical.

a refrigerating chamber for the cold storage of perishable foods, esp. meat.

a building or room kept cool for the storage of perishable goods; cf. cool room n.

attributive. Designating a type of safe or box used for keeping food cool, consisting of a rigid framework covered with hessian or netting, and…

= refrigerator, n. 3.

The proprietary name of a brand of refrigerator. (In quot. 1929 figurative.)

(Written Deepfreeze.) A type of refrigerator capable of rapid freezing. Hence, any refrigerator or process in which food can be quickly frozen…

a freezer with a hinged lid rather than a door, usually lower and wider than an upright or front-opening model.

An apparatus for hydro-cooling, usually consisting of a water tank with cooling equipment and a conveyer.

A (usually large) refrigerator.

an upright unit comprising a refrigerator and a freezer, each self-contained.

a machine for performing flash freezing.

a machine for blast-freezing.