What does refrigerator mean?
Word: Refrigerator
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Refrigerator means a machine that stays cold inside, used for keeping food and drinks fresh.
Synonyms: fridge
How do you spell refrigerator?
Syllables: re - frig - er - a - tor
Tricky part: There is no d, though the short word fridge has one. The ending is ator, not ater.
Watch out for: refridgerator, refrigerater, refrijerator
Memory tip: Fridge has a d, but the full word does not. Picture the motor humming at the back: refrigerator ends in or, just like motor.
Refrigerator in a sentence
Example 1: Put the leftover soup in the refrigerator before you go to bed.
Example 2: Our new refrigerator has a separate drawer for vegetables.
Example 3: The ice cream melted because someone left the refrigerator door open.
Fun Fact
Before electric refrigerators, many homes used an icebox: a wooden cabinet lined with metal and cooled by a large block of ice.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) electricity
b) temperature
c) refrigerrator
d) vegetable
Show answer
c) refrigerrator. Refrigerator has four r's, and none of them is doubled.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Mum keeps the green chillies in a box at the back of the refrigirator.
a) refrigirator
b) chillies
c) back
d) keeps
Show answer
a) refrigirator. After frig comes er, not ir: re-frig-er-a-tor.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gerorfaterir
a) regeneration
b) refrigerator
c) refrigeration
d) registration
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b) refrigerator. The jumble has twelve letters and no n, so the -ation words drop out.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why should you close the refrigerator door quickly?
a) to stop the light bulb fusing
b) to keep the kitchen floor dry
c) to stop the door hinges wearing out
d) to keep the cold air inside
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d) to keep the cold air inside
2. What would a family usually keep in a refrigerator?
a) a tin of salted biscuits
b) a jar of honey
c) a bowl of fresh yoghurt
d) a sack of dry rice
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c) a bowl of fresh yoghurt
