refrigerator

CEFRA2

/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A machine that keeps food and drinks cold.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.

Examples

  • I want some milk, but there isn't any in the refrigerator.

  • In summer, meat goes bad easily; you must keep it in the refrigerator.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.ɾɚ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who has a chilling influence.

  2. A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

More examples

In context

  • Meronym: condenser

  • 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.

  • 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.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After pouring a glass of milk, please put the carton back in the blank to keep it cold.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).