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The word is refrigerate
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says... > On Thu, 17 May 2007 16:27:56 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote: > > > ost writes: > > > >>So why is it called a "RE-frigerator", and not just "frigerator"? > >>Frigerator would mean "makes cold" (in the modern sense of the > >>language), so why the "re" in front of it? > > > > making something cold is different from keeping something cold > > But most (all?) things that go into the frigerator were not cold > to begin with, so it's not returning to a cold state. > > -sw > I am astonished at the blinding stupidity in this thread. Don't you blockheads know what a dictionary is? -- Peter Aitken |
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The word is refrigerate
ost writes:
>On Thu, 17 May 2007 16:27:56 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote: > >> ost writes: >> >>>So why is it called a "RE-frigerator", and not just "frigerator"? >>>Frigerator would mean "makes cold" (in the modern sense of the >>>language), so why the "re" in front of it? >> >> making something cold is different from keeping something cold > >But most (all?) things that go into the frigerator were not cold >to begin with, so it's not returning to a cold state. If all you needed was to make things cold but not keep them cold you could have a very small refrigerator. |
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