icebox
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icebox
- /ˈʌɪsbɒks/ UK
noun iceboxes · ice-box
- A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool.
- A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
- A refrigerator. Somebody's Heine is crowding my icebox / Somebody's cold one is giving me chills
- A city with a cold or snowy climate. I moved here from the icebox of the upper Midwest.
- A prison. The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.
- A morgue.
Similar: cool box, cooler, coolbox, chilly bin, esky
adjective ice-box
- agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool) MIKE: Yeah, yeah, so. So we'll forget about the rent, we'll pay you another time, is that cool? BALOWSKI: Yes, that's absolutely icebox! See you later, Ford Anglia!
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Similar: cool box, cooler, coolbox, chilly bin, esky
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noun compartment of a refrigerator used as a freezer
| Français | congélateur, compartiment à glaçons |
|---|---|
| Italiano | congelatore, freezer |
| Ελληνικά | χύξη chýxi |
| Русский | морози́лка morozílka |
noun box or compartment containing ice
| Español | hielera, nevera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아이스박스 aiseubakseu |
| 日本語 | 冷蔵箱 reizōbako, アイスボックス aisubokkusu, クーラーボックス kūrābokkusu |
| 中文 | 冰箱 bīngxiāng, 冷藏箱 lěngcángxiāng |
| Français | glacière |
| Deutsch | Eisschrank |
| Italiano | ghiacciaia |
| Русский | холоди́льник xolodílʹnik, ле́дник lédnik |
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