icebox
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ice·box
(īs′bŏks′)n.
1. An insulated chest or box into which ice is placed, used for cooling and preserving food.
2. A refrigerator.
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icebox
(ˈaɪsˌbɒks)n
1. a compartment in a refrigerator for storing or making ice
2. an insulated cabinet packed with ice for storing food
3. US and Canadian a refrigerator
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ice•box
(ˈaɪsˌbɒks)n.
1. an insulated cabinet with a compartment for ice, used for cooling food and beverages.
2. a refrigerator.
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Icebox
The common name for an insulated cabinet that used blocks of ice to keep food stored in the cabinet cool. Since ice was only available to those rural inhabitants who lived in climates where ice could be harvested and stored in the winter for later use in the summer, iceboxes had only limited rural usage. The then current dictionaries referred to such insulated boxes not as iceboxes but, rather, as refrigerators. Those who grew up in the “icebox” era often referred to electric refrigerators as iceboxes.
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| Noun | 1. |  icebox - white goods in which food can be stored at low temperaturesdrip pan - pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste electric refrigerator, fridge - a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor refrigeration system - a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes) white goods - large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel |
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icebox
[ˈaɪsbɒks] N (Brit) (= part of refrigerator) → congelador mthis room is like an icebox → este cuarto es como un congelador (US) (o.f.) (= refrigerator) → nevera f, refrigeradora f, heladera f (S. Cone)
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Icebox
→ refrigeradorMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009