Examples of icehouse in a Sentence
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The icehouse held sixty thousand tons.
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David Owen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2022
So did icehouse,.
—Erin Adler, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
The warm greenhouse climate became dramatically colder, creating an icehouse at the poles that has continued to the present day.
—Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2021
An evening breeze jiggled the patio lights of the West Side icehouse Jaime’s Place as patrons in cowboy boots turned from their tables to watch international pop star Luis Fonsi take the outdoor stage.
—Rene Guzman Staff, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2022
The proximate cause was a fire that destroyed the icehouse, but the business was doomed anyway, by the rise of artificial ice production and the growing popularity of a new consumer product: the household refrigerator.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2022
The building, an old icehouse along the railroad tracks, also houses condos, a climbing gym and the Wasena City Tap Room — one of the 30 wineries, breweries and meaderies (yes, that’s a thing) in the Roanoke Valley.
—Washington Post, 4 June 2021
Outside, several outbuildings were built on the 17-acre property, including an icehouse, a library, a boathouse and gardeners’ cottages.
—Jaci Conry, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
Sullivan can recall the thrilling chill of her dad's icehouse and the burgers her mother would fry up in a cast-iron skillet on summer trips to the lakes around Fairmont.
—Curt Brown, Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
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David Owen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2022
So did icehouse,.
—Erin Adler, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
The warm greenhouse climate became dramatically colder, creating an icehouse at the poles that has continued to the present day.
—Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2021
An evening breeze jiggled the patio lights of the West Side icehouse Jaime’s Place as patrons in cowboy boots turned from their tables to watch international pop star Luis Fonsi take the outdoor stage.
—Rene Guzman Staff, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2022
The proximate cause was a fire that destroyed the icehouse, but the business was doomed anyway, by the rise of artificial ice production and the growing popularity of a new consumer product: the household refrigerator.
—David Owen, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2022
The building, an old icehouse along the railroad tracks, also houses condos, a climbing gym and the Wasena City Tap Room — one of the 30 wineries, breweries and meaderies (yes, that’s a thing) in the Roanoke Valley.
—Washington Post, 4 June 2021
Outside, several outbuildings were built on the 17-acre property, including an icehouse, a library, a boathouse and gardeners’ cottages.
—Jaci Conry, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
Sullivan can recall the thrilling chill of her dad's icehouse and the burgers her mother would fry up in a cast-iron skillet on summer trips to the lakes around Fairmont.
—Curt Brown, Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020
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First Known Use
1666, in the meaning defined above
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“Icehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icehouse. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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icehouse
noun
ice·house
ˈīs-ˌhau̇s 
: a building in which ice is made or stored
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