fridge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /frɪd͡ʒ/

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  Rhymes: -ɪdʒ

Etymology 1

Probably imitatory; compare frig.

Verb

fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)

1. (archaic) To rub, chafe.

   • 1761: You might have rumpled and crumpled, and doubled and creased, and fretted and fridged the outsides of them all to pieces — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. III (Penguin 2003, p. 145)

See also

• frig

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of refrigerator

Alternative forms

• 'fridge

Noun

fridge (plural fridges)

An open refrigerator

1. A refrigerator.

Translations

refrigerator — see refrigerator

Related terms

• fridge-freezer
• fridge magnet