Meaning of 'frigerator | Babel Free

Definitions

Clipping of refrigerator.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

“There was food left in that jar of Beech-Nut and I let mother put the cap back on and put it in the ’frigerator.”

“She was at the front door when Monnie hurried from the kitchen carrying a short white box. “It came this morning—from him. I put it in the ’frigerator and most forgot it. What do you call them pink flowers?””

““Mommy, you said I had to finish my milk shake. I didn’t.” / “You finished it before dinner.” / “No, I didn’t. I whipped it up, but I still felt kind of full. So I put it in the ’frigerator.””

“"What's the use," she said aloud. "Put the food in the bedroom. Put the pots and pans in the bathroom. Put the underwear in the refrigerator!" Her voice rose along with her frustration. / "Mom, I don't have the underwear." Little Mark looked around at the open boxes. "How come we have to put it in the 'frigerator? Why do we have to do everything different?" Mark started to cry while he talked and peeled tape off boxes. "Can't we have drawers in our bedroom in this house? I don't like new houses. I like old apartments. I can't have my friends, can't ride elevators, can't have drawers for my stuff. And I'm hungry, too. No milk or apples in the 'frigerator in new houses." / Mrs. Alexander had started to laugh when she saw that her five-year-old son had misunderstood her complaint for an order.”

“‘What’s in the bag?’ she asked. / ‘A bottle of wine.’ / ‘I’ll put it in the ’frigerator,’ she told him, extending two small hands towards it. / ‘Well, it’s red wine. You don’t put it in the fridge.’”

“After it quits bubbling, I take the wine out and seal it in a jar and put it in the ’frigerator.”

“Put the feet, tail, an’ head all together to make sousemeat out of it, all of it. It makes a good sandwich. You put it in the bowl and press it down. Then, when it gets hard, you put it in the ’frigerator or set it out where it’s cold an’ let it get hard.”

“I fried some chicken too. Here. Don’t put it in the ’frigerator, just leave it on the stove …”

“Then we got ice cream, but I didn’t eat all mine, so Nana put it in the ‘frigerator for me to eat after dinner, and Hunter got it all over his clothes, and then Nana had to clean—”

“Abel handed over the smooth brown egg, and the tears stopped instantly. / “I’m going to go put it in the ’frigerator!” she exclaimed happily, and she and Paul dashed out of the barn toward the house.”

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