reefer

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːfɚ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːfə/ Rhymes: -iːfə(ɹ) Homophone: refer === Etymology 1 === From reef + -er. ==== Noun ==== reefer (plural reefers) (nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman. A reefer jacket; a close-fitting jacket or short coat of thick cloth. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of refrigerator. ==== Noun ==== reefer (plural reefers) (colloquial, chiefly US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container. (rail transport, US) a refrigerator car (type of boxcar). Hypernyms: box car, freight car ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Uncertain. Perhaps from Mexican Spanish grifa (“cannabis”) or Central American Spanish grifo (“someone who smokes cannabis”). First attested in the 1920s. ==== Noun ==== reefer (countable and uncountable, plural reefers) (slang, chiefly dated) (countable) A marijuana cigarette. (uncountable) Marijuana. ===== Synonyms ===== (marijuana cigarette): See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette, Appendix:Cannabis slang ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From reef +‎ -er. A miner that works on a reef (large vein of auriferous quartz). ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === freeer, freeër, free-er, Ferree