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ice-box

ice-box is the alternative form of icebox.

Meaning of icebox

Noun

icebox (plural iceboxes)

  1. A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool.
  2. (UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
  3. (US, dated) A refrigerator.
  4. (US, slang) A city with a cold or snowy climate.
    • I moved here from the icebox of the upper Midwest.
  5. (US, slang) A prison.
    • The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 47
  6. (US, slang) A morgue.

See all 7 meanings of icebox

Forms of ice-box

pluralice-boxes

Questions about ice-box

What is ice-box the alternative form of?
Ice-box is the alternative form of icebox.

Words near ice-box in the dictionary

  1. ice-ax
  2. ice-axe
  3. ice-axes
  4. ice-boat
  5. ice-boats
  6. ice-box
  7. ice-boxes
  8. ice-breaker
  9. ice-breakers
  10. ice-calm
  11. ice-cap

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