icebox
20
7.9
- noun
- /ˈaɪsˌbɑks/
- Archaic
:
nevera de hielo
- In the past, families often used an icebox instead of a refrigerator to preserve food.
- icebox pie
- icebox cake
- lemon icebox
Examples
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"I'll get ice," Mrs. Lockhart said, moving swiftly to the icebox in the kitchen.
Fiction book (1999) -
You wouldn't happen to have a cold beer in the icebox, would you?
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What have you got in the icebox to eat?
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Please put the food in the icebox and return in two days.
Fiction book (1997) -
Then he looked around for the icebox and took out a soda.
Fiction book (1994) -
There's plenty in the icebox, and you can find a bowl over there.
Fiction book (1996) -
We had lemon icebox pie and went back to the fireplace with second cups of coffee.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Help yourself to anything in the icebox," Schrodinger had told Smedley.
Fiction book (2001) -
Where's the leg of veal that was in the icebox?
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"Leaning against the icebox, she clasped her hands beneath her chin.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
315
1.0
A machine that keeps food and drinks cold and fresh
288
1.0
A cold box in the kitchen that keeps food and drink fresh
14
2.0
A box or small machine that keeps food and drinks cold
5
1.7
A portable box that keeps food and drinks cold with ice
A short informal name for a fridge that keeps food cold
A machine that uses electricity to keep food cold
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Icebox is a simple name joining ice and box: it was a box filled with ice to 'keep food cold' before electric refrigerators. That's why an icebox means an old-style refrigerator or a non-electric container for keeping food cool.