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ice house

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noun

  1. a building for storing ice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One night, the couple goes on a date to the local ice house and Rafael gets called on stage to sing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

They were transforming a century-old Bronx ice house into a charter school.

From New York Times • May 30, 2022

A decade ago, I visited an ice house in Madras, modern-day Chennai – now known as Vivekananda House – an engineering marvel.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2020

Rusk, who doesn’t use a computer, placed ads in local newspapers and posted notices on community bulletin boards announcing his new location in a building off the Rockville square that was once an ice house.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2017

When her ice house was completed and her skins were spread over the floor, she sat down and took out the totem of Amaroq.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George