English

Noun

chiller ‎(plural chillers)

1. Something that chills, especially a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.
2. A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film

Quotations

• 2002 Robert C. Summers, Lawrence J. Dyckman - Food Safety

  Carcasses are then trimmed, rinsed, and, as the final step of the slaughter line, placed into a chiller.

• 1991 Michael R. Pitts - Famous Movie Detectives II

  Variety termed the film "a fairly suspenseful low-budget chiller."

Adjective

chiller

1. comparative form of chill: more chill
   • 1844 Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

     With the setting of the sun a strong breeze, every blast of which was chiller and chiller, had begun to blow, rustling with a low continuous hum . . .

Norwegian

Verb

chiller

1. Present tense of chille