ICEHOUSE

icehouse

(noun) a house for storing ice

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

icehouse (plural icehouses)

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

(US, colloquial) An ice hockey rink.

(climatology) A cold state in global climate.

Antonyms: greenhouse, hothouse

Proper noun

Icehouse

a game of strategy played with pyramidal pieces

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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