fridge
A fridge is a large kitchen appliance used to keep food and drinks cold so they stay fresh for longer. It is the shortened, most common name for a refrigerator used in daily life.
Exemples
3 sur 5Please put the milk back in the fridge after you use it.
Please place the milk inside the refrigerator after using it.
The laboratory maintains a dedicated fridge for biological samples.
The lab keeps a specific refrigerator for storing biological materials.
Is there any juice left in the fridge?
Do we have any juice remaining in the refrigerator?
Synonymes
Famille de mots
Astuce mémo
Think of a 'bridge' that is made of ice; a 'fridge' is like a bridge to cold food.
Quiz rapide
The milk will go bad if you don't put it in the ______.
Correct !
La bonne réponse est : fridge
Exemples
Please put the milk back in the fridge after you use it.
everydayPlease place the milk inside the refrigerator after using it.
The laboratory maintains a dedicated fridge for biological samples.
formalThe lab keeps a specific refrigerator for storing biological materials.
Is there any juice left in the fridge?
informalDo we have any juice remaining in the refrigerator?
Modern fridge efficiency has improved significantly over the last decade.
academicThe energy performance of contemporary refrigerators has seen major growth in ten years.
Employees are requested to label their food in the communal office fridge.
businessStaff members should put names on their food kept in the shared workplace refrigerator.
Synonymes
Famille de mots
Collocations courantes
Phrases Courantes
raid the fridge
to look for food in the refrigerator, usually quickly or at night
fridge logic
realizing a mistake in a story's logic only after the event is over
chill in the fridge
to make something cold by putting it inside
Souvent confondu avec
A freezer is much colder and turns things into ice, while a fridge only keeps things cold.
They mean the same thing, but 'fridge' is informal/common and 'refrigerator' is formal.
Notes d'usage
In nearly all spoken English situations, 'fridge' is preferred over the longer word 'refrigerator'.
Erreurs courantes
Learners often forget that the full word 'refrigerator' does not have a 'd', whereas 'fridge' does.
Astuce mémo
Think of a 'bridge' that is made of ice; a 'fridge' is like a bridge to cold food.
Origine du mot
An abbreviation of 'refrigerator', likely influenced by the early brand name 'Frigidaire'.
Modèles grammaticaux
Contexte culturel
In many English-speaking countries, people use the fridge door as a bulletin board for magnets, photos, and children's schoolwork.
Quiz rapide
The milk will go bad if you don't put it in the ______.
Correct !
La bonne réponse est : fridge
Grammaire lie
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