• Fridge

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /frɪdÍ¡Ê’/Rhymes: -ɪdÊ’

    Origin 1

    Probably imitatory; compare frig.

    Full definition of fridge

    Verb

    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)

    Origin 2

    Abbreviation of refrigerator

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    fridge

    (plural fridges)
    1. A refrigerator.
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