Plural of freezer; appliances that preserve food by keeping it at very cold temperatures.
From 'freeze' (Old English 'freosan') + '-er' (agent noun). The appliance itself was invented in the 1800s, making this a modern term for a modern invention.
The freezer completely changed human food storage and civilization in the 1900s—suddenly people didn't have to preserve food with salt and smoking, and you could eat strawberries in December! It's one of the inventions that changed our relationship with seasons.
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