icebox

/ˈaɪsˌbɑks/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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?