- fridge
- also frig noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1926 refrigerator
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Fridge — ist eine britische Band, die 1994 von den Schulfreunden Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan und Sam Jeffers im englischen Putney gegründete wurde. Die Musik ist rein instrumental und basiert auf Gitarre, Bass, Elektronik und Schlagzeug. Inhaltsverzeichnis… … Deutsch Wikipedia
fridge — [ frıdʒ ] noun count * a piece of equipment used for storing food at low temperatures: REFRIGERATOR: Chill the wine in the fridge first. You can spread this butter straight from the fridge (=it remains soft when it is cold) … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fridge — Fridge, v. t. [AS. frician to dance, from free bold. Cf. {Freak}, n.] To rub; to fray. [Obs.] Sterne … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fridge — est un groupe britannique de musique post rock à tendance électronique. Il a été formé en 1994 à Putney par les camarades de classe Kieran Hebden, Adem Ilhan, et Sam Jeffers. Initialement, Kieran Hebden jouait de la guitare, Adem Ilhan de la… … Wikipédia en Français
fridge — S2 [frıdʒ] n [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: refrigerator] a large piece of electrical kitchen equipment, used for keeping food and drinks cool = ↑refrigerator →↑freezer … Dictionary of contemporary English
fridge — shortened and altered form of REFRIGERATOR (Cf. refrigerator), 1926, perhaps influenced by Frigidaire (1919), a popular early brand name of the appliances. Frigerator as a colloquial shortening is attested by 1886 … Etymology dictionary
fridge — ► NOUN ▪ a refrigerator … English terms dictionary
fridge — [frij] n. Informal a refrigerator … English World dictionary
fridge — (BrE) noun ⇨ See also ↑refrigerator ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic ▪ walk in ▪ empty, full VERB + FRIDGE ▪ raid … Collocations dictionary
fridge */ — UK [frɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms fridge : singular fridge plural fridges a piece of equipment that is used for storing food at low temperatures Chill the wine in the fridge first. You can spread this butter straight from the fridge (=… … English dictionary
fridge — 1. verb /frɪʤ/ To rub, chafe. , 1761: You might have rumpled and crumpled, and doubled and creased, and fretted and fridged the outsides of them all to pieces Laurence Sterne, The Life Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. III (Penguin… … Wiktionary
