ice house
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But he survived the pandemic slump with the place he opened in Old Town Alexandria, in an old ice house.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2023
Until the burly men at the ice house loaded two big bags of ice into the back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
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
Some maps of Brooklyn farmland depicted “a mansion house, and the ice house, and the oyster shack, and the grapery,” Ms. Brenwall said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2017
Occasionally an ice house blocks their path and they have to back up, return the way they came.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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