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# refrigerator

«refrigerator» in Mova's school dictionary: **a kitchen machine like a cold cupboard that keeps food…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a refrigerator, refrigerators)

### meaning for a pupil

A refrigerator is a kitchen machine like a cold cupboard that keeps food and drinks cool so they stay fresh longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is usually called the fridge. In science, a refrigerator moves heat from inside to outside; it keeps food at about 3–5 °C, which slows down bacteria. In safety, raw meat goes on the bottom shelf, and children should never hide in an old refrigerator. Phrases: put it in the refrigerator, keep refrigerated, refrigerator door.

### examples

- Put the milk back in the refrigerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x1)
- A refrigerator keeps food cold so it lasts longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x2)
- The refrigerator is set to 4 °C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x3)
- Keep raw meat on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x4)
- «Keep refrigerated» means store it in a fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x5)
- The freezer is colder than the refrigerator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x6)
- Never play inside an old refrigerator — you could get trapped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/#x7)

### note

Countable noun; informal «fridge» (with a d, though «refrigerator» has none). The verb is «refrigerate». A freezer is colder (below 0 °C). A fridge does not make heat disappear; it moves it out — which is why the back is warm.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «refrigerator» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refrigerator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.