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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

Since the 1970s, the ice house had been owned by a plumbing company that stored equipment in the tiny front yard.

From Washington Post May 10, 2021

When news of the ice in Calcutta circulated, British merchants in Bombay, modern-day Mumbai, excitedly raised money to build an ice house in the city's docks.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2020

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

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