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der Kühlschrank (-schränke)
   refrigerator

Bereits 1937 hatte jeder zweite amerikanische Haushalt einen Kühlschrank.
Already by 1937, one out of two American households had a refrigerator.
Heute hat unser Kühlschrank den Geist aufgegeben.
Today our refrigerator gave up the ghost.
Der größte Fehler ist, die Tomaten im Kühlschrank zu lagern. Dort verlieren sie stark an Aroma.
The biggest mistake is to store tomatoes in the refrigerator. They lose a lot of their aroma there.

Related:
das Kühlfach freezer compartment
das Gefrierfach freezer compartment
der Gefrierschrank freezer (upright), freezer (in grocery store)
die Gefriertruhe freezer chest, deep freeze; freezer cabinet, freezer (in grocery store)
die Kühltruhe freezer chest; freezer cabinet, freezer (in grocery store)
kühl (adj) cool
der Eisschrank ice box (cooled by ice); refrigerator (colloq.)

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