fridges

1. 1
   nouncolloquial

   Plural of fridge.

   The appliance store sells fridges in several sizes and finishes.

   Modern fridges consume far less electricity than older models.

   Note

   A regular plural for an informal noun: the -s attaches straight to the final e, and the stem stays unchanged. The noun belongs to everyday speech, so in formal or technical writing refrigerators is the safer choice. The same spelling also serves as the present-tense verb form, and only the sentence tells you whether fridges are appliances or something someone does to food.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of fridge.

   The chef fridges the dough overnight to improve its texture.

   She fridges any open jars to keep them from spoiling.

   Note

   Every verb sense of fridge shares this form, and they lie far apart. One is the kitchen sense (she fridges the leftovers). Another is slang about storytelling, in which a plot fridges a character, usually a woman, by killing or sidelining her to drive a man's revenge. A third is an archaic British dialect sense of chafing or rubbing. All three are transitive, so the form normally takes a direct object.

   The writer fridges the hero's girlfriend in the second chapter just to give him a reason for revenge.

   He fridges the beer an hour before the guests arrive.

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