English
Etymology
From ice + house.
Pronunciation
Noun
icehouse (plural icehouses)
- A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.
- (US, colloquial) An ice hockey rink.
- (climatology) A cold state in global climate.
- Antonyms: greenhouse, hothouse
- (Texas) A convenience store.
Translations
a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice
- Azerbaijani: buzxana
- Catalan: nevera (ca) f, poua (ca) f, pou de glaç m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 冰窖 (zh) (bīngjiào)
- Danish: iskælder c, ishus (da) n
- Finnish: jääkellari
- French: glacière (fr) f
- German: Eiskeller m, Eishaus n
- Italian: neviera f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: iskjeller m, ishus n
- Nynorsk: iskjellar m, ishus n
- Persian: یخچال (fa) (yaxčâl)
- Plautdietsch: Iesshus n
- Spanish: nevero artificial m, nevera (es) f, pozo de la nieve m, pozo de nieve m, glacería f
- Swedish: iskällare c, ishus n
- Volapük: gladöp
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