Crossword Clue: Kitchen appliance keeping food cold
Here's the answer to the Kitchen appliance keeping food cold crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: FRIDGE
"Kitchen appliance keeping food cold" points to FRIDGE, a 6-letter entry that starts with F and finishes on E and carries 2 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into FRIDGE from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
The fridge is a shortened, informal name for a refrigerator, which slows food spoilage by keeping it cold. The odd 'd' in the spelling comes from the brand name Frigidaire, which became a household word.
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as FRIDGE are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 6-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Fridge belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 6 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Kitchen appliance keeping food cold"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make FRIDGE obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue FRIDGE — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "A 6-letter slot and a clue like 'Kitchen appliance keeping food cold'? That's FRIDGE nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed FRIDGE was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing FRIDGE into the grid took no time at all."