(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.
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 refrigerator ⇨ freezer
fridge[fridgefridges][frɪdʒ][frɪdʒ](BrE) (NAmEor formalre·friger·ator) (US alsoold-fashionedice·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.
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)
fridge /ˈfrɪʤ/ noun, plfridg·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.
