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ice house

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noun

  1. a building for storing ice

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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

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

There, they enjoyed ice cream and chilled drinks thanks to ice harvested in winter and stored in an ice house.

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

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