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iceboxes

iceboxes is the plural 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.

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Questions about iceboxes

What is iceboxes the plural of?
Iceboxes is the plural of icebox.

Words near iceboxes in the dictionary

  1. icebox cakes
  2. icebox cookie
  3. icebox cookies
  4. icebox pie
  5. icebox pies
  6. iceboxes
  7. iceboxful
  8. icebreaker
  9. icebreakers
  10. icebreaking
  11. icecap

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