Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An insulated chest or box into which ice is placed, used for cooling and preserving food.
- noun A refrigerator.
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- noun UK A compartment in a
refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as afreezer . - adjective
agreeable ,awesome . (as a superlative ofcool )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
Etymologies
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Examples
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I started two days ago, emptying and filling the tray again - not continuously, just when I had the chance - and now my icebox is full of cute and slightly menacing Halloween ice cubes!
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The icebox was a refrigerator that looked almost the same as the one at Justin's house back in the home timeline, except that one wasn't pink.
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Even what's referred to as the icebox of the nation, International Falls, had its warmest March ever.
The Fergus Falls Daily Journal Hintgen Tom 2010
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It may be too late to sway your vote for the presidential election, but Philadelphia Sculptors, a local coalition of artists, has put this show together in the Crane Arts Building in a room ironically called the icebox to bring consciousness to the topic in a new and profound way.
The Temple News 2008
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Maybe this is just a sign of my middle age, but I still use terms like "icebox" even though the thing in the kitchen that keeps food cold isn't technically a box with a block of ice in the top.
Question of the Day 2009
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The example they used was the old fashioned "icebox".
To E-book or not E-book? Shirley Damsgaard 2010
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The example they used was the old fashioned "icebox".
Archive 2010-06-01 Casey 2010
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Then the Chairman turns to something truly important: the freezing cold temperatures in our "icebox," noting correctly that we are cheering the fact that the AC here is crapped out.
Doug Kendall: Liveblogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing (Day 3) 2009
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I get funny looks if I say "icebox" for refrigerator; I don't know if that's a dialect difference or a generational difference.
October 17th, 2007 2007
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Zundfolge: My father called the refrigerator the "icebox" and his stereo system the "vic" short for Victrola.
Use Tinfoil To Boost Your Remote Control’s Range | Lifehacker Australia 2009
bilby commented on the word icebox
In your offhand, mocking way
you've invited me into your chest.
Inside: the blur that poses as your heart.
I'm supposed to go in with a torch
or maybe hot water bottles
& defrost it by hand
as one defrosts an old refrigerator.
It will shudder & sigh
(the icebox to the insomniac).
- Erica Mann Jong, 'Climbing You'.
August 11, 2008