refrigerator

[ri-frij-uh-rey-ter]

noun

1. a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration.

2. the part of a distilling apparatus that cools the volatile material, causing it to condense; condenser; rectifier.

refrigerator

/ rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪtə /

noun

1. Informal word: fridge. a chamber in which food, drink, etc, are kept cool

Word History and Origins

Origin of refrigerator¹

First recorded in 1605–15; refrigerate + -or ²

Example Sentences

GE Appliances, which also makes products such as refrigerators, ovens and dishwashers, said it expects to begin production of washers and combination washer-dryers in Louisville in early 2027.

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The vehicles often had markings on their sides like ordinary refrigerator trucks used to bring groceries to market, remembered Muhammad Afif Naifeh, who worked in the funerary department of the Damascus governorate.

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They’d have to eat everything from the refrigerator first before it all went bad.

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The decent apartments — ones with working showers or a refrigerator — were always “just rented.”

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Companies that need power quickly can simply buy Bloom’s fuel cells, which are about the size of large refrigerators, instead of waiting for permission to connect to the grid.

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Related Words

• cooler