icebox
noun
an insulated cabinet or chest with a partition for ice, used for preserving or cooling food, beverages, etc.
iceboxes
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pluralof icebox.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Before electric refrigeration, households relied on iceboxes, which required frequent deliveries of heavy blocks of ice, constant draining of meltwater and careful food planning to avoid spoilage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
They then numbered and packed the samples so they could be carried down the mountain in iceboxes and then transferred via four-wheel-drive vehicles to refrigerated trucks further down the mountain.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
He thinks I’m a crusty old lady muttering about why anyone needs luxuries like iceboxes.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
The so-called "iceboxes", notorious among migrants, are extremely cold rooms or cubicles in US Border Patrol migrant processing facilities.
From BBC ● May 23, 2021
The mundane details of life impressed him too — the neatly made milk cartons, the spring-loaded window shades, the electric iceboxes everywhere.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
