What does "fridge" mean?
A refrigerator.
Fridge
/fɹɪd͡ʒ/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A refrigerator.
- Grammar: fridge is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: chiller, cooler, coolers, electric refrigerator.
- Useful contrasts: formal term, heater, refrigerator.
- Usage evidence: In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A refrigerator. informal
"Sweet broccolini with tofu, sesame, and cilantro […] First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the soy sauce, chile sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about ⅜ inch / 1 cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade, and leave in the fridge for half an hour."
- 2 a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor wordnet
Verb
- 1 To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate. informal, transitive
"I had turned up with a bottle, which the hostess, Celia, had duly fridged, but everyone else had opted for camomile tea, making me feel like the biggest lush in south London."
- 2 To chafe or rub (something). British, archaic, dialectal, transitive
"A Man's body and his mind, with the utmoſt reverence to both I ſpeak it, are exactly like a jerkin, and a jerkin's lining;—rumple the one—you rumple the other. There is one certain exception however in this caſe, and that is, when you are ſo fortunate a fellow, as to have had your jerkin made of a gum-taffeta, and the body-lining to it, of a ſarcenet or thin perſian. […] [Y]ou might have rumpled and crumpled, and doubled and creaſed, and fretted and fridged the outſides of them all to pieces;—in ſhort, you might have played the very devil with them, and at the ſame time, not one of the inſides of 'em would have been one button the worſe, for all you had done to them."
- 3 To gratuitously kill, disempower, or otherwise remove (a character, usually female) from a narrative, often strictly to hurt another character (usually male) and motivate vengeance. slang, transitive
"The backing cast are also all excellent, as expected considering the calibre of actors attached to the film – Andrea Riseborough is a very good example, playing a fascinating cop who really didn't deserve to be ‘fridged’ (meaning: removed from the action so that the men can do their manly things)."
- 4 To chafe or rub. intransitive, obsolete
- 5 Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”). intransitive, obsolete
Synonyms
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Example
"In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge"."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "fridge"?
Common synonyms include: chiller, cooler, coolers, electric refrigerator, food storage, frigidaire.
How do you use "fridge" in a sentence?
In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
How do you pronounce "fridge"?
Pronounced /fɹɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
The noun is a clipping of refrigerator, perhaps influenced by the Frigidaire brand of refrigerators, or frigerator (“(dated) refrigerator”). The spelling is likely influenced by analogy with bridge, ridge, etc. The verb is derived from the noun. The fandom slang verb sense alludes to the phrase "women in refrigerators" coined by the American comic book writer Gail Simone. Simone was referencing a plot point in Green Lantern (volume 3, issue 54, 1994), in which the Green Lantern's girlfriend is murdered by a villain, and her body placed in a refrigerator for him to find.
Etymology 2
Probably imitative of the sound of chafing or rubbing.