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fridge [noun]
US /frɪdʒ/ 
UK /frɪdʒ/ 
Example: 

Can you put the milk in the fridge?

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fridge

 (also formal) refrigerator) noun
a metal container, usually electric, which keeps food cold, but not frozen:
Can you put the milk in the fridge?
Look at freezer.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fridge

fridge S2 /frɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: refrigerator]
a large piece of electrical kitchen equipment, used for keeping food and drinks cool SYN refrigeratorfreezer
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fridge

fridge [fridge fridges]   [frɪdʒ]    [frɪdʒ]  (BrE) (NAmE or formal re·friger·ator) (US also old-fashioned ice·box) noun
a piece of electrical equipment in which food is kept cold so that it stays fresh

This dessert can be served straight from the fridge.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

fridge / frɪdʒ / noun [ C ] ( also refrigerator , US old-fashioned icebox )

A2 a piece of kitchen equipment that uses electricity to preserve food at a cold temperature:

Don't forget to put the milk back in the fridge.

See picture in the kitchen

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fridge

/frɪdʒ/
(fridges)

A fridge is a large metal container which is kept cool, usually by electricity, so that food that is put in it stays fresh. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use refrigerator)

= refrigerator

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fridge

fridge /ˈfrɪʤ/ noun, pl fridg·es [count] : refrigerator
• Please put the milk in the fridge.
✦In U.S. English, fridge is informal, but in British English it is the usual word for a refrigerator.