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

Keep the refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible. —Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026

Transfer to the refrigerator before serving to give it time to chill. —Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 24 May 2026

As shown in a demo on the company’s blog, Atlas rotates its torso 180 degrees and squats down to lift a mini refrigerator – weighing over 100 pounds – and carries it across the laboratory floor while adjusting itself to the weight. —Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026

The White House estimates the move would make more refrigerants, which are used in freezers, refrigerators and air-conditioning systems, available to supermarkets, homeowners and other businesses. —Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 23 May 2026

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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refrigerator

noun

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

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