icehouse

noun

ice·​house ˈīs-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce icehouse (audio)
ˈī-ˌsau̇s
: a building in which ice is made or stored

Examples of icehouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My wife Melanie and I purchased the old icehouse on Fifth Street for our small business, Bootleg Botanicals. Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024 In 1805, Frederic Tudor, later known as Boston’s Ice King, seized on the notion of harvesting winter itself, developing a system of icehouses around New England’s lakes and eventually shipping large ice blocks by boat. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 In the 1970s, Mr. Whitman began a close association with the Dia Art Foundation, which bought a former brick icehouse on West 19th Street in Manhattan to devote to long-term installations and presentations of his work. Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024 Nearly every hospital in the South built a commercial-sized icehouse on its grounds. Amy Brady, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for icehouse 

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Word History

First Known Use

1666, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of icehouse was in 1666

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“Icehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icehouse. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.

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icehouse

noun
ice·​house ˈīs-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce icehouse (audio)
: a building in which ice is made or stored
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