igloo
or ig·lu
[ig-loo]
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noun, plural ig·loos.
an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
Informal. any dome-shaped construction thought to resemble an igloo: immense silos topped with steel igloos.
Military. a dome-shaped building for the storage of rockets or other munitions.
an excavation made by a seal in the snow over its breathing hole in the ice.
Origin of igloo
First recorded in 1855–60, igloo is from the Inuit word iglu house
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Examples from the Web for igloo
Contemporary Examples of igloo
In their cheerleader personas, the penguins took over the stadium, entering through the igloo.
Historical Examples of igloo
Previous snows had found no lodgment into banks, and an igloo could not be built.
The Long Labrador TrailDillon Wallace
In his corner of the igloo he had ruminated long and earnestly.
The Trail of a SourdoughMay Kellogg Sullivan
In the igloo of the shaman, or medicine man, however, it was different.
The Trail of a SourdoughMay Kellogg Sullivan
I became possessed with the fear that we had passed the igloo.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog SledHudson Stuck
He fastened the flag to a staff and planted it firmly on the top of his igloo.
A Negro Explorer at the North PoleMatthew A. Henson
igloo
iglu
noun plural -loos or -lus
Word Origin for igloo
C19: from Inuktitut igdlu house
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