icebox
/ˈaɪsˌbɑks/
noun
- A container or cabinet that uses ice to keep food and drinks cold, used before modern refrigerators.
- Before refrigerators, every home had an icebox to preserve perishable food.
- The iceman delivered a fresh block of ice for the icebox every morning.
- My grandmother kept milk and butter in an old wooden icebox in the kitchen.
- An informal term for a refrigerator.
- We need to clean out the icebox; there's some old leftovers in there.
- He opened the icebox and took out a carton of eggs.
- Can you grab a soda from the icebox?
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