icehouse

[ahys-hous]

noun

plural

icehouses 

1. a building for storing ice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of icehouse¹

First recorded in 1680–90; ice + house

Example Sentences

The icehouse, used as a living space, became “a site of convivial socializing among musicians and cognoscenti.”

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The Earth today is like an icehouse, with ice sheets at both poles and comparatively lower carbon dioxide concentrations, but this has been rare rather than commonplace through the planet's history.

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Frank would have to make sure that there were ample supplies of wine and other drinks, as well as ice cut in the winter and stored in an icehouse for summertime use.

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The second phase of whale evolution unfolded as the planet transformed into a so-called icehouse world.

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He walked the beat among the icehouses and lower-income neighborhoods of a mostly Black community, and never had a problem.

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