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 component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...
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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 (sailing), spar or a , as the primary measure to preserve a sailing vessel's stability in strong wi ...
Transportation
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Reefer ship
A reefer ship is a refrigerated cargo ship typically used to transport perishable cargo, which require air conditioning, temperature-controlled handling, such as fruits, meat, vegetables, dairy products, and similar items.
Description
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, 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, vegetab ...
, used for intermodal cargo
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Refrigerated van, a refrigerated railway wagon (European practice)
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Refrigerator car
A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a Refrigeration, refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple Thermal insulation, insulated b ...
, 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 hard ...
, 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 that is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from the continent of Asia. However, the number of species is disputed, with as many as three species be ...
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Reefer jacket
A pea coat 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 lapels, double-breasted fronts, often large wooden, metal ...
, a type of jacket for midshipmen reefing sails
See also
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Refer (disambiguation)
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