Noun

(en noun)

A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge ).

* {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838

, page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator -sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}

One who has a chilling influence.

* Charles Dickens, Bleak House

in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator .