icebox
See also: ice box
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Noun edit
icebox (plural iceboxes)
- A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool. [from 19th c.]
- (UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
- (US, dated) A refrigerator. [from 20th c.]
- (US, slang) A city with a cold or snowy climate.
- I moved here from the icebox of the upper Midwest.
- (US, slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 53:
- ‘The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.’
- (US, slang) A morgue.
Synonyms edit
- cool box
- cooler
- coolbox
- chilly bin (New Zealand)
- esky (Australia)
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Translations edit
box or compartment containing ice
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compartment of a refrigerator used as a freezer
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refrigerator — see refrigerator
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icebox (not comparable)
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