fridge

[frij]

noun

Informal.

1. a refrigerator.

fridge

/ frɪdʒ /

noun

1. informal,  short for refrigerator

Word History and Origins

Origin of fridge¹

1925–30; by shortening of refrigerator or Frigidaire

Example Sentences

“It’s been three years, and my daughter still has all of those handouts, some on the fridge, some in her bedroom.”

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Water itself had become a hot commodity, with fridges filled with cans of water being emptied as soon as they had been filled.

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The accused men found some meat in the fridge that the family insists was mutton, and held it as proof.

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Autumn runs to grab an ice pack from the basement mini fridge and presses it to my hand.

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It even included its own working telephone, electric cooker, fridge and running water in the kitchen, luxuries even for real homes in the 1930s.

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