Refrigerator Meaning
/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).
nounA similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
Sentence Examples
In summer, meat goes bad easily; you must keep it in the refrigerator.
I want some milk, but there isn't any in the refrigerator.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After pouring a glass of milk, please put the carton back in the ____ to keep it cold.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She opened the ____ and found it almost empty, so she added groceries to her shopping list.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator."
— 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 11:
"An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine."
— 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
"[…] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator."
— 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After pouring a glass of milk, please put the carton back in the ____ to keep it cold.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She opened the ____ and found it almost empty, so she added groceries to her shopping list.