icehouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of icehouse
Example Sentences
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First, Earth rapidly shifted from a warm greenhouse state to a cold icehouse climate.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
The icehouse, used as a living space, became “a site of convivial socializing among musicians and cognoscenti.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
And as we well know from our present habit of turning an icehouse climate into a greenhouse one, an altered climate dramatically affects life on our planet.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
The second phase of whale evolution unfolded as the planet transformed into a so-called icehouse world.
From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2023
Under normal circumstances, Naomi would have protested that Henry was not her father and that she didn’t know the way to the icehouse.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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