noun
fridge
FRIJ/frɪdʒ/
An appliance that keeps food and drinks cold.
The open fridge holds fresh food on its cool shelves.
Etymology
A refrigerator originally meant anything that cooled, before becoming the name for a cooled cabinet or chamber. Fridge is the everyday short name for that food-storage appliance.
In context
the fridge and you can keep it in your cupboard for two years according to the expiration date on here once you open it though I put it in the fridge
More examples
- The fridge keeps our vegetables fresh.
- We need a bigger fridge for the new kitchen.
- Both fridges are full of drinks for the party.
Forms
fridge · fridges
Similar words
- refrigerator
- Names the same appliance but is less informal than fridge.