fridge
UK[frɪdʒ]US[frɪdʒ]
n
A piece of electrical equipment in which food is kept cold so that it stays fresh.
Etymology
The word 'fridge' is a 20th-century shortening of the longer word 'refrigerator'. The choice of spelling with a 'd' is deliberate, likely to mimic the spelling of other words like 'bridge' and to distinguish it from the verb 'frig', which had other meanings. The root 'refrigerator' itself comes from the Latin verb 'refrigerare', meaning 'to make cold', which is formed from the prefix 're-' (intensive) and 'frigus' (coldness, frost). Thus, 'fridge' is a modern, convenient linguistic compression of a classical concept for cold storage.
Analysis
The word is a clipped form of 'refrigerator'. It is not composed of productive morphemes in its current form.
Examples
I put the milk back in the fridge.
We need to defrost the fridge this weekend.
She heard the fridge humming in the quiet kitchen.