fridge
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- noun
- /frɪdʒ/
- Informal
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nevera (España)
- Leftovers are in the fridge in case you're hungry later.
Need power, Everything in the fridge starts going bad.
- Need power, Everything in the fridge starts going bad.
- And then I left it in the fridge of the hotel room.
- A whole drawer in the fridge of Yoohoo and Capri Sun.
- They kept those in a fridge until DNA came around.
- Carpet, carpet, nice carpet, a fridge with the ice dispenser.
- We still have no food in our fridge since getting back from Scotland.
Examples
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She opened the fridge to grab some fruit for her breakfast.
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Oh, something in the fridge smells strong.
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And then I left it in the fridge of the hotel room.
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I would keep this in the fridge and I love things like this.
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Putting it up on the fridge for everyone to see.
Academic text (2009) -
So now I just put it in the fridge to cool off overnight.
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So I put my delicious mixture in the fridge to cool.
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Then I pulled a Coke out of the fridge and pointed it at her.
Fiction book (1992) -
Gladys sets a casserole on the table and goes to the fridge for a container of milk.
Fiction book (1993) -
After dinner, I always put the leftovers in the fridge to keep them fresh.
Synonyms
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A machine that keeps food and drinks cold and fresh
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A container that keeps food cold using blocks of ice without power
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A refrigerator often used to mean any brand of fridge
A machine that uses electricity to keep food cold
A short informal name for a fridge that keeps food cold
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fridge is a short, friendly form of refrigerator, which comes from a Latin word meaning 'make cold' and is related to the English word frigid ('very cold'). So a fridge is the machine that keeps your food and drink cold to stop them going bad.