Dictionary entry

Refrigeratory (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐frig″er‐a‐to‐ry, n.; pl.-ries (–fr�z). [CF. F. réfrigératoire.] That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically: (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed. (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.