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FRIJ-freez-uh/ˈfrɪdʒ ˌfriːzə/

A fridge freezer (id: fridge-freezer) is a combined fridge and freezer in one unit. A fridge keeps food cold; a freezer keeps it frozen. Wards: the fridge freezer marked refrigerate is for medicines; staff lunches have their own.

Meaning

A combined fridge and freezer in one unit.

Examples

• “The ward fridge freezer is for medicines marked refrigerate; staff lunches have their own.”
• “A fridge freezer on the tenancy inventory still needs a temperature log in a food-tech kitchen.”

Good to know

a fridge freezer (also fridge-freezer). Contrast: a fridge / a freezer as separate units. NHS / halls. Countable appliances. Mix-up: a cool box is portable and not mains-powered.

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