refrigerator

noun

re·​frig·​er·​a·​tor ri-ˈfri-jə-ˌrā-tər 

: something that refrigerates

especially : a room or appliance for keeping food or other items cool

Examples of refrigerator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Afterwards, make sure to clean your refrigerator and any other containers and surfacesthat may have touched the product. —Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025

Dropped meat that went from floor to refrigerator and a McDonald’s with bugs close to food were among the 10 South Florida restaurants that failed state inspection last week. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

Overstuffed pouches of chicken in the walk-in refrigerator had been improperly cooled. —Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025

The team imagines small, lightweight, battery-friendly tools that can do what today’s refrigerator-sized systems accomplish ranging from precision surgery to molecular diagnostics. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing refrigerator

• refrigerator magnet

Rhymes for refrigerator

• accelerator
• accumulator
• adjudicator
• administrator
• appropriator
• articulator
• attenuator
• bronchodilator
• collaborator
• communicator
• conciliator
• cooperator

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Kids Definition

refrigerator

noun

re·​frig·​er·​a·​tor ri-ˈfrij-ə-ˌrāt-ər 

: a device or room for keeping articles (as food) cool