Refrigerator

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a storage compartment;
• a cooling unit;
• a water supply unit configured to supply water from an external water source;
• and
• an ice-making assembly disposed inside the storage compartment,
• wherein the ice-making assembly includes:
• a cover housing;
• a first case and a second case fixed to one side of the cover housing and disposed to face each other;
• a first tray received in the first case and forming a first portion of ice;
• an inlet unit mounted on the cover housing and forming a path for supplying water from the water supply unit to an ice-making cell formed by the first tray and the second tray;
• and
• a heater disposed adjacent to a buffer cell, the buffer cell being formed under the ice-making cell by the first tray and the second tray to primarily store water supplied from the inlet unit,
• wherein the ice-making cell includes a first ice-making cell and a second ice-making cell and a third ice-making cell disposed on two opposite sides of the first ice-making cell,
• wherein the buffer cell includes a first buffer cell connected to the first ice-making cell through a first bridge, a second buffer cell connected to the second ice-making cell through a second bridge, and a third buffer cell connected to the third ice-making cell through a third bridge,
• wherein the second buffer cell and the third buffer cell are disposed to be connected to two opposite sides of the first buffer cell, and
• wherein the second bridge and the third bridge are disposed to be inclined with respect to the first bridge.