As a preserver of basic sustenance, a refrigerator will symbolize the asceticism or dispassion which is developed by some seekers of spirituality. To dream of refrigerating leftover food indicates we are storing up resentment. This, in turn, will ?cool down? our own responses to love and affection. The refrigerator is a symbol of preservation. In dreams this becomes self-preservation and suggests we may be turning cold emotionally or sexually. To dream of rotten food in a refrigerator suggests we feel we may not be being sustained properly by those around us. You might also like to consult the entries for Ascetic, Decay, Food and Mould/Mouldy.