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chiller

[ chil-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that chills.
  2. Informal. a frightening or suspenseful story or film; melodrama.
  3. a device for cooling or refrigerating.


chiller

/ ˈʃɪə /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for spine-chiller
  2. a refrigerated storage area for meat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chiller1

First recorded in 1790–1800; chill + -er 1
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He had a choice between Anisa Khan, who sells Indian food-flavoured pizzas, and Dean Franklin, who runs an air conditioning company, in a battle he billed as "chilli versus the chiller".

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Wells’ novel into a modern-day chiller about stalking and domestic abuse.

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Then they’ll probably be transferred to a truck outfitted with a large tank, aerator and chiller.

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And the milk is immediately shunted into a rapid chiller that drops the milk’s temperature from 100 degrees Fahrenheit to 35 degrees Fahrenheit in about two minutes, he said.

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The first thing I do is I pop that chiller on and get that water down to 50 degrees.

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