icebox

noun

ice·​box ˈīs-ˌbäks How to pronounce icebox (audio)

Examples of icebox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As freezing weather continues to blanket the Midwest, many Hoosiers might be asking themselves when Central Indiana will feel like less like an icebox. John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2024 Get The Recipe 19 of 75 Strawberry-Pretzel Icebox Pie Cool off after a heated egg hunt with a slice of icebox Easter pie. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024 When the Court moved into its new building—a building so ostentatiously self-important, down to the last trimmings, that reporters likened it to an icebox decorated by a mad upholsterer—the Justices struck down more than a dozen laws in eighteen months. Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024 Don’t use a springform pan to contain icebox cakes with runny pudding and caramel layers: The structure could collapse. Sarah Gish, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024 Fresh snow and a cold day mean a night in the icebox. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024 The softening earth could also unleash viruses, chemicals or mercury, a recent study warned—a Pandora's icebox of unexpected consequences. Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023 And that tiny icebox — three inches tall and covered in reproductions of stickers by local graffiti crews — turned his life around. Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023 There are nail-biting moments in that interim, including a five-day storm culminating in an avalanche that pounds the wreckage while the survivors huddle inside for warmth, burying what’s left of the fuselage and literally turning it into an icebox. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of icebox was in 1792

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“Icebox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icebox. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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icebox

noun
ice·​box -ˌbäks How to pronounce icebox (audio)

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