igloo
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈɪɡlu/
:
iglú
- The Inuit people traditionally built an igloo as a shelter from the harsh Arctic winds.
- build an igloo
- live in an igloo
- snow igloo
I think it kind of goes underground a bit, but it's like, think of an igloo but made of Moss and grass and twigs.
- I think it kind of goes underground a bit, but it's like, think of an igloo but made of Moss and grass and twigs.
- Igloos, most Inuit, most noneuvid are Eskimo igloos you would come across.
- Even if they weren't taught in a school, do you think Penguins go to their Penguin house, right to their igloos?
Examples
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They hunted seals by their igloos.
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You might be the person who wants to see the Aurora borealis in those crystal igloos up in Sweden.
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Then five men, perhaps, would build a big igloo for the festival.
Academic text (2002) -
I grew up in an igloo until I got central heating.
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Well, the science fair project, it's about what it's like to live in an igloo.
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I'll build you an igloo.
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My parents rented us this giant igloo for fun.
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In the winter, he helped his children make igloos and snow tunnels.
Fiction book (1990) -
We do not live in igloos, and do not ride to work on snowmobiles.
Blog text (17) -
N2: Later, Katara enters the igloo where she and Sokka live with their grandmother.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
A round hut made of snow blocks for shelter in the Arctic
A small shelter made from blocks of snow to protect people from cold
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Igloo comes from the Inuit word iglu, which means 'house' or 'shelter'. So an igloo is a 'house' often made of snow, and that is why the word now names the round, dome-shaped snow homes of the Arctic.