Reefer may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
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Reefer (band), a hip-hop duo consisting of Nicholas Thorburn and Daddy Kev
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Reefer, a newspaper's front-page paragraph referring to a story on an inside page
Type of pursuit
* Reefer, an aquarium hobbyist who keeps corals, sea anemones, and other invertebrates associated with coral
reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock out ...
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* Reefer, a midshipman engaged in sail
reefing
Reefing reduces the area of a sail, usually by folding or rolling one edge of the canvas in on itself and attaching the unused portion to a spar or a stay, as the primary measure to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong winds. Restoring ...
Transportation
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Reefer ship
A reefer ship is a refrigerated cargo ship typically used to transport perishable cargo, which require temperature-controlled handling, such as fruits, meat, vegetables, dairy products, and similar items.
Description
''Types of reefers:'' Re ...
, a refrigerated ship
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Refrigerated container
A refrigerated container or reefer is an intermodal container (shipping container) used in intermodal freight transport that is capable of refrigeration for the transportation of temperature-sensitive, perishable cargo such as fruits, vegetabl ...
, used for intermodal cargo
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Refrigerated van
A refrigerated van (also called a refrigerated wagon) is a railway goods wagon with cooling equipment. Today they are designated by the International Union of Railways (UIC) as Class I.
History
The first wagons were cooled with ice that had ...
, a refrigerated railway wagon (European practice)
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Refrigerator car
A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (co ...
, a refrigerated railroad boxcar (US practice)
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Refrigerator truck
A refrigerator truck or chiller lorry (also called a Reefer), is a van or truck designed to carry perishable freight at low temperatures. Most long-distance refrigerated transport by truck is done in articulated trucks pulling refrigerated semi- ...
, a temperature-controlled van, truck or semi-trailer
*, a pilot schooner purchased by the United States Navy for a dispatch boat during the Mexican–American War
Other uses
* Reefer, a slang term for
cannabis
''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...
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Reefer jacket
A pea coat (or peacoat, pea jacket, pilot jacket, reefer jacket) is an outer coat, generally of a navy-coloured heavy wool, originally worn by sailors of European and later American navies. Pea coats are characterized by short length, broad la ...
, a type of jacket for midshipmen reefing sails
See also
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Refer (disambiguation)
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