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Frigidaire

Frigidaire

2 6.1
A refrigerator often used to mean any brand of fridge
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfrɪdʒɪˌdɛr/
translation icon : Frigidaire
  • Sammy Dwayne Desoto, what is this in my Frigidaire?
  • an old Frigidaire

You know it, boy, some beautiful Coon ass brought a damn, you know, a little Frigidaire.

Examples

  • He opened the Frigidaire to grab some leftovers for dinner.

  • Put them in the Frigidaire.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I think it was Frigidaire who made our fridge.

    Margot at the Wedding (2007)

  • Florence, please get the eggs out of the Frigidaire.

    Psycho Beach Party (2000)

  • I got some watermelon in the Frigidaire.

    Fences (2016)

  • Could you grab the milk from the Frigidaire for breakfast?

  • There was a tall cake in the Frigidaire waiting for my birthday party.

Synonyms

refrigerator
vsFrigidaire
315 1.0

A machine that keeps food and drinks cold and fresh

is a brand name sometimes used to mean that appliance
fridge
vsFrigidaire
  • Informal
288 1.0

A cold box in the kitchen that keeps food and drink fresh

is a brand name used in place of this informal common word
frig
vsFrigidaire
  • Informal
8.0

A short informal name for a fridge that keeps food cold

is a brand name sometimes used instead of that casual spelling
electric refrigerator
vsFrigidaire
2.6

A machine that uses electricity to keep food cold

is a brand name used for the appliance rather than the technical subtype

Surface Forms

Frigidaire main

Etymology

Frigidaire became so famous that people sometimes use it to mean any refrigerator, and a helpful way to remember this is the name's idea of 'cold air' from frigid ('cold') and -aire ('air'). So when someone says 'Frigidaire' they may mean the brand or simply a fridge because the name strongly suggests cold storage.