- fresh-(in adjective compounds) freshly
- fresh-baked bread
Word OriginOld English fersc ‘not salt, fit for drinking’, superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French freis, fresche; both ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Dutch vers and German frisch.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See fresh in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfresh out of something
- (especially North American English, informal) having recently finished a supply of something
- Sorry, we're fresh out of milk.
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