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# chiller

«chiller» in Mova's school dictionary: **A machine or cabinet that keeps food or drink very cold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a chiller, chillers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A machine or cabinet that keeps food or drink very cold, like a fridge in a shop or kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#m1)

2) (informal) A frightening story or film that gives you a shiver: «a spine-chiller». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) «A chiller» can also mean a relaxed, calm person or time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life supermarkets keep milk and meat in chillers. In science and food safety, cold slows the growth of germs. In reading lessons a «chiller» or «spine-chiller» is a scary story. Related: chill, chilly, chilling.

### examples

- The milk is in the chiller at the back of the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#x1)
- The café has a drinks chiller by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#x2)
- That ghost story was a real chiller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#x3)
- Keep raw meat in the chiller to stop germs growing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#x4)
- The film is a spine-chiller, so don't watch it before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#x5)
- Fish are packed in ice and kept in a chiller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/#x6)

### note

chill + -er. Countable. A chiller is colder than a room but usually not as cold as a freezer.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chiller» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiller/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.