Refrigerator

A refrigerator comprising:

• a cabinet comprising a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment disposed below the refrigerating compartment;
• an ice making compartment disposed at a side of the refrigerating compartment;
• an evaporator that faces the freezing compartment and is configured to cool air;
• a shroud disposed at a front side of the evaporator, the shroud defining a first intake hole and a second intake hole spaced apart from each other;
• a grille panel that is coupled to a front surface of the shroud and defines a cool air discharge port configured to discharge cool air into the freezing compartment;
• a first cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to guide cool air from the first intake hole to the cool air discharge port;
• a second cool air guide channel defined between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to guide cool air from the second intake hole to the ice making compartment;
• a partition rib that protrudes from an inner surface of the grille panel facing the front surface of the shroud and that is disposed between the first cool air guide channel and the second cool air guide channel, the partition rib defining a communicating channel configured to guide cool air from the second cool air guide channel to the first cool air guide channel;
• a freezing fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the first cool air guide channel, the freezing fan module being disposed at a first side of the partition rib;
• and
• an ice making fan module disposed between the grille panel and the shroud and configured to supply cool air to the second cool air guide channel, the ice making fan module being disposed at a second side of the partition rib opposite to the first side of the partition rib,
• wherein the communicating channel is positioned closer to the cool air discharge port than to the first intake hole.