electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
"We packed all our surplus vegetables into the Deepfreeze to keep them fresh through the winter."
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
"She pulled a frozen pizza out of the freezer before heating it up."
In plain English: A freezer is an appliance that keeps food frozen so it doesn't spoil quickly.
"I kept the ice cream in the freezer so it would not melt."
Usage: A freezer is specifically designed to keep food frozen solid, distinguishing it from a refrigerator which only cools items above freezing. Use this term when referring to the appliance section dedicated to long-term storage of ice cream or meats rather than fresh produce.
Freezer is a compound word formed from the verb freeze and the suffix -er, which denotes an agent or instrument. It was coined to describe a machine that performs the action of freezing food.