Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A refrigerator.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rub; fray.
- To move rapidly; frisk or dance about.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To rub; to fray.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
refrigerator . - verb archaic To
rub ,chafe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor
Etymologies
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Examples
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A whole cheesecake in the fridge is a dangerous thing.
Chicken Thighs and Working Hard Candid Engineer 2009
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On the fridge is a piece of paper with the meals we decided in advance we'd like to make in the right-hand column, with the shopping list for those meals on the left-hand side.
mrissa: Having, eating. mrissa 2010
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But the fridge is an easy place to start. saintseminole
Make Your Refrigerator Far More Efficient | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Of course, my fridge is an analogy for the rest of my life.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: December 2004 Archives 2004
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Of course, my fridge is an analogy for the rest of my life.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Sustainability. 2004
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Near the top of every economic cycle I reach into what I call my fridge and medicine chest stocks, all of which have been thrown away because no one wants dowdy old Procter or General Mills or Colgate when things are booming.
Jim Cramer's Real Money James J. Cramer 2005
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Near the top of every economic cycle I reach into what I call my fridge and medicine chest stocks, all of which have been thrown away because no one wants dowdy old Procter or General Mills or Colgate when things are booming.
Jim Cramer's Real Money James J. Cramer 2005
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Transfer to a bowl, cover with parchment, and let cool in fridge, at least 1 1/2 hours.
Archive 2009-07-01 Sarah Lenz 2009
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I'm completely guilty of the "European" method of shopping - I'm perfectly content to run out for bits and pieces of the evening meal each day, picking up produce that's fresh and bright (provided I'm lucky enough to be there shortly after stocking) and arriving home only to find that there was an extra whatever lurking in the fridge from the big shopping the weekend before.
Definitely Not "Just Bananas" Sarah 2009
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I'm completely guilty of the "European" method of shopping - I'm perfectly content to run out for bits and pieces of the evening meal each day, picking up produce that's fresh and bright (provided I'm lucky enough to be there shortly after stocking) and arriving home only to find that there was an extra whatever lurking in the fridge from the big shopping the weekend before.
Archive 2009-04-01 Sarah 2009
blafferty commented on the word fridge
cheese
August 7, 2011
blafferty commented on the word fridge
goat
August 8, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fridge
blueberries
August 8, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fridge
the other goat
August 8, 2011
dharma66 commented on the word fridge
chilled wine
August 8, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word fridge
chile-cheese rice casserole
August 9, 2011
dharma66 commented on the word fridge
Is that cheese done maturing? How about the wine? I bet the goats are.
August 23, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word fridge
mature goat cheese
August 23, 2011
dharma66 commented on the word fridge
great. I followed that link to a food blog and now I'm craving doughnuts!!
August 23, 2011
dharma66 commented on the word fridge
dang, the recipe is in metric :(
August 23, 2011