ice well
ice well noun: a well (hole in the ground) in which ice was stored in the era of the ice trade and iceboxes (18th to mid-20th centuries); often with some degree of construction over it, similar to that used with icehouses, root cellars, and springhouses.
Noun
ice well (plural ice wells)
- A well (hole in the ground) in which ice was stored in the era of the ice trade and iceboxes (18th to mid-20th centuries); often with some degree of construction over it, similar to that used with icehouses, root cellars, and springhouses.
- As I had succeeded a year before in the preservation of hopped wort by means of ice, I thought I would now endeavor to cure this unsound beer by means of the same agency. A few casks, each containing seventy liters, were filled with this beer and placed in an ice well. After four or five months...1895 January, Ed Schaar, “Cold brewery cellars. The advantages of good cellars and the disadvantages of poor ones—the influence of low temperatures on the fermentation of beer. [Republished...
- Ice wells for cooling and storing milk and cream on the farm may prove a solution of the refrigeration problem on many dairy farms where the usual methods are too expensive or impracticable. The ice well has been in use in Canada for many years, but slight if any use has been made of it in this...1929 October 4, “Ice Well Tested for Refrigeration. Ground Pit Method Used in Canada May Be Adaptable to Dairy Farms Here”, in The Dairymen's League News, volume 13, number 36, New York, New York...
Examples of ice well in a sentence
- A few casks, each containing seventy liters, were filled with this beer and placed in an ice well.1895 January, Ed Schaar, “Cold brewery cellars. The advantages of good cellars and the disadvantages of poor ones—the influence of low...
- Ice wells for cooling and storing milk and cream on the farm may prove a solution of the refrigeration problem on many dairy farms where the usual methods are too expensive or impracticable.1929 October 4, “Ice Well Tested for Refrigeration. Ground Pit Method Used in Canada May Be Adaptable to Dairy Farms Here”, in The...
- This experiment was made to show how long cream could be held in the ice well.1931, Ice Well for the Dairy Farm [booklet], U.S. Government Printing Office, pages 10, 13, 15:
- The ice well is one type of farm cooler that practically every farm could secure, and it would serve to hold most products in good condition during warm weather.1939, Howard Franklin McColly, The Ice Well Refrigerator [booklet], Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota Agricultural College...
Forms of ice well
| plural | ice wells |
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Origin of ice well
From ice + well.
Questions about ice well
- What does ice well mean?
- Ice well means a well (hole in the ground) in which ice was stored in the era of the ice trade and iceboxes (18th to mid-20th centuries); often with some degree of construction over it, similar to that used with icehouses, root cellars, and springhouses.
- How do you use ice well in a sentence?
- A few casks, each containing seventy liters, were filled with this beer and placed in an ice well.
- What part of speech is ice well?
- Ice well is a noun.
- What is the plural of ice well?
- The plural of ice well is ice wells.
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