refrigerator
Syllables: re·frig·e·ra·tor/ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə//ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/
refrigerator noun: a household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
Noun
refrigerator (plural refrigerators)
- A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
- Meronyms: condenser, crisper, door, evaporator, meat keeper
- Jo uttered a groan and fell back in her chair, remembering that she had given a last hasty powdering to the berries out of one of the two boxes on the kitchen table, and had neglected to put the milk in the refrigerator.1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 11
- A similar device used to keep non-food items cold, such as blood, photographic film, drugs, or pharmaceuticals like insulin.
- Meronym: condenser
- One who has a chilling influence.
- […] in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
refrigerator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
refrigerator in Hindi
- appliance
- फ़्रिज frij, फ्रिज phrij, प्रशीतित्र praśītitra
refrigerator in Tamil
- appliance
- குளிர்சாதனப்பெட்டி kuḷircātaṉappeṭṭi
refrigerator in Marathi
- appliance
- शीतकपाट śītakpāṭ, शीतपेटी śītpeṭī, फ्रिज phrij
refrigerator in Urdu
- appliance
- سَرْد خانَہ sard xāna, فْرِج frij
More languagesFewer languages
- refrigerator in Bengali
- ফ্রিজ phrij, হিমায়ক himaẏok
- refrigerator in Telugu
- రిఫ్రిజిరేటర్, రిఫ్రిజిరేటరు
- refrigerator in Malayalam
- ശീതീകരണയന്ത്രം śītīkaraṇayantraṁ, ശീതീകരണി śītīkaraṇi, റഫ്രിജറേറ്റർ ṟaphrijaṟēṟṟaṟ, ഫ്രിഡ്ജ് phriḍjŭ
- refrigerator in Kannada
- ಶೀತಕಯಂತ್ರ śītakayantra
- refrigerator in Punjabi
- ਰੈਫ੍ਰਿਜਰੇਟਰ
- refrigerator in Gujarati
- રેફ્રિજરેટર rephrijreṭar
- refrigerator in Odia
- ରେଫ୍ରିଜରେଟର, ରେଫ୍ରିଜେରେଟର, ରେଫ୍ରିଜରେଟର୍
- refrigerator in Sanskrit
- शीतकम् śītakam
- refrigerator in Sinhala
- ශීතකරණය śītakaraṇaya
- refrigerator in Nepali
- रेफ्रिजरेटर, रेफ्रिजेरेटर
- refrigerator in Pashto
- يخچال yaxčāl, يخوونکی yaxawunkay, کنګلځی kangaljay
- refrigerator in Tagalog
- repriherador, palamigan, ref
- refrigerator in Arabic
- ثَلَّاجَة ṯallāja
- refrigerator in Malay
- peti ais, peti sejuk
- refrigerator in Indonesian
- kulkas, lemari es, lemari pendingin, peti es
- refrigerator in Thai
- ตู้เย็น dtûu-yen
- refrigerator in Vietnamese
- tủ lạnh
- refrigerator in Myanmar
- ရေခဲသေတ္တာ rehkai:setta
- Sindhi
- فرج frj
- Dhivehi
- އައިސްއަލަމާރި aisalamāri
Examples of refrigerator in a sentence
- Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
- If you want some cake, there’s a little in the refrigerator.
- This isn’t your run-of-the-mill refrigerator; you’ll find the extra features well worth the price.
Synonyms of refrigerator
Forms of refrigerator
| plural | refrigerators |
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Origin of refrigerator
Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”).
Words formed from refrigerator
- absorption refrigerator
- Einstein refrigerator
- Einstein-Szilárd refrigerator
- fridge
- in the refrigerator
- kegerator
- microrefrigerator
- minirefrigerator
- nanorefrigerator
- refrig
- refrigerator-freezer
- refrigeratorful
- refrigeratorlike
- refrigerator magnet
- refrigerator mom
- refrigerator mother
- refrigerator pie
- refrigerator truck
- walk-in refrigerator
Phrases with refrigerator
Questions about refrigerator
- What does refrigerator mean?
- Refrigerator means a household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh using refrigeration.
- What is refrigerator in Hindi?
- Refrigerator in Hindi is फ़्रिज (frij), फ्रिज (phrij), प्रशीतित्र (praśītitra). See Refrigerator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is refrigerator?
- Refrigerator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce refrigerator?
- Refrigerator is pronounced /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of refrigerator?
- The plural of refrigerator is refrigerators.
Words near refrigerator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: refrigerator (page history and authors); refrigerator (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refrigerator (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refrigerator (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refrigerator (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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