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iglu

iglu is the archaic form of igloo.

Meaning of igloo

Noun

igloo (plural igloos)

  1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
  3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
    • General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes.2011, Robert Hutchinson, Weapons of Mass Destruction
  4. (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.
    • Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]1978, Made in Mexico

Forms of iglu

pluraliglus
pluraligluit

Questions about iglu

What is iglu the archaic form of?
Iglu is the archaic form of igloo.

Words near iglu in the dictionary

  1. igloo
  2. iglooish
  3. igloolike
  4. igloos
  5. Igls
  6. iglu
  7. igluit
  8. Iglulirmiut
  9. iglus
  10. IGM
  11. IGMC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: iglu (page history and authors); igloo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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