refrigerator A2 Topic:Food & Drink US /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ UK /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/ See IPA manual Freq #7360 Meanings 1 noun A machine that keeps food and drinks cold so they stay fresh. Please put the milk back in the refrigerator. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a machine that keeps food... fridgeicebox More chillercoolchestfrigerator Word family Forms refrigerators Derived forms fridgekegeratormicrorefrigeratorminirefrigeratornanorefrigeratorrefrigrefrigerator-freezerrefrigeratorfulrefrigeratorlike Related forms coolerrefrigeraterefrigeration Common collocations electric refrigerator Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”). Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # refrigerator **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tə/ **Frequency rank:** 7360 ## Meanings 1. A machine that keeps food and drinks cold so they stay fresh. ## Examples - Please put the milk back in the refrigerator. ## Synonyms - chiller - coolchest - fridge - frigerator - icebox ## Derived Forms - fridge - kegerator - microrefrigerator - minirefrigerator - nanorefrigerator - refrig - refrigerator-freezer - refrigeratorful - refrigeratorlike ## Related Forms - cooler - refrigerate - refrigeration ## Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”). ## AI Etymology Refrigerator is borrowed from Medieval Latin refrīgerātor (“cooler”). Modern senses include a machine that keeps food and drinks cold so they stay fresh.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as fridge, kegerator, microrefrigerator, minirefrigerator, nanorefrigerator, and refrig and related forms such as cooler, refrigerate, and refrigeration. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown