kim·chi /ˈkimˌCHē/ noun a Korean dish of spicy pickled cabbage. In a Korean household, you will commonly find two refrigerators. One is your run-of-the-mill refrigerator stocked with everyday groceries and condiments—milk, eggs, fresh produce, ketchup, your favorite brand of hot sauce, maple syrup, leftover couscous. The second one, though it now comes in a generic upright form, was originally conceived as a top-loading cabinet, not dissimilar in appearance to a top-loading washing machine.