fridge
/fɹɪd͡ʒ/
fridge noun: a refrigerator.
Noun
fridge (plural fridges)
- A refrigerator.
- 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.2008, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, “Vegetables, Legumes, and Grains”, in Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Ten Speed Press, published 2013, →ISBN
- A fat woman.
- The fridge protecting the snacks.
Verb (1)
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
- To place (something) inside a refrigerator to chill; to refrigerate.
- 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.2007, Lucy Diamond [pseudonym; Sue Mongredien], Any Way You Want Me, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 201
- He munched and sipped, wished the soda was cold. Should have fridged it.2013, Jeffery Deaver, chapter 27, in The October List […], New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN
- 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.
- 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).2013 April 26, Siobhan Whitebread, “Welcome to the Punch: A Little Less Conversation [film review]”, in Sophie Harrison, editor, Spark*: The University of Reading’s Student Newspaper, volume 63...
- In terms of villains, familiar characters haven't been fridged but they've been rather sexualized.2014, Tim Hanley, “The Mundane Modern Age”, in Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, part 3 (The Bronze Age), page...
Verb (2)
fridge (third-person singular simple present fridges, present participle fridging, simple past and past participle fridged)
- To chafe or rub (something).
- 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...1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages 13–15
- The town spread upwards before them, smoking vaguely in the midday glare, fridging the crest away to the south with spires and factory bulks and chimneys.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Early Married Life of the Morels”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 20
- To chafe or rub.
- Synonym of fidge (“to jostle or shake; to fidget, to fig, to frig”).
- Synonyms:
- fidge
fridge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fridge in Hindi
- fridge, refrigerator
- फ़्रिज frij
fridge in Tamil
- உறைபதனி
fridge in Marathi
- refrigerator — see also refrigerator
- फ्रिज phrij
fridge in Urdu
- فریج, فرج
More languagesFewer languages
- fridge in Bengali
- ফ্রিজ phrij
- fridge in Telugu
- ఫ్రిజ్, ఫ్రిడ్జింగ్
- fridge in Malayalam
- ഫ്രിഡ്ജ് phriḍjŭ
- fridge in Kannada
- ಕುಳಿರರೆ
- fridge in Punjabi
- ਫਰਿੱਜ
- fridge in Gujarati
- ફ્રિજ
- fridge in Odia
- ଫ୍ରିଜ୍
- fridge in Nepali
- फ्रिज
Examples of fridge in a sentence
- My fridge even restocks itself these days. Glorious AI overlords when?
- Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge; otherwise it will spoil.
- Fetch me a cold beer if there's one in the fridge.
Synonyms of fridge
Forms of fridge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fridges |
| alternative form | 'fridge |
| alternative form | frig |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fridges |
| present participle | fridging |
| past participle | fridged |
| past | fridged |
Origin of fridge
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.
Probably imitative of the sound of chafing or rubbing.
Words formed from fridge
Phrases with fridge
Words that rhyme with fridge
Questions about fridge
- What does fridge mean?
- Fridge means a refrigerator.
- What is fridge in Hindi?
- Fridge in Hindi is फ़्रिज (frij). See Fridge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fridge?
- Fridge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fridge?
- Fridge is pronounced /fɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fridge?
- The plural of fridge is fridges.
Words near fridge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fridge (page history and authors); फ़्रिज (Hindi) (page history and authors); fridge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fridge (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ফ্রিজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); fridge (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഫ്രിഡ്ജ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); fridge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fridge (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fridge (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fridge (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fridge (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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