ice-wagon
- noun
- /ˈaɪs ˌwæɡən/
- Archaic
:
carro de hielo
- Before electric refrigerators, families eagerly awaited the arrival of the ice-wagon on hot summer mornings.
Examples
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The old photograph shows children chasing after the neighborhood ice-wagon as it rolled down the street.
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In the early 1900s, the ice-wagon made stops at every house on the block.
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The ice-wagon made its rounds every morning.
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Have you ever seen an ice-wagon in action?
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Before electric refrigerators, families eagerly awaited the arrival of the ice-wagon on hot summer mornings.
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In the early 1900s, the ice-wagon made stops at every house on the block.
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The old photograph shows children chasing after the neighborhood ice-wagon as it rolled down the street.
Synonyms
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9.9
A wagon pulled by horses that carried blocks of ice to houses
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ice-wagon comes from the simple words ice and wagon, meaning a 'wagon' that carried 'ice' to people's homes. Imagine a horse pulling a cart with big blocks of ice stopping at each house; that's why an ice-wagon was the delivery vehicle for keeping food cold before electric refrigerators.