Complete Definition of "icebox"

English

Etymology
ice + box, as before electric refrigeration it was literally a box loaded with ice to keep things cold

Noun
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  1. A box containing ice, used to keep food cold.
  2. UK A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
  3. US A refrigerator.

Adjective
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  1. agreeable, awesome.
Quotations
1982, Alexei Sayle, The Young Ones 1

Translations
trans-top|box containing ice used to keep food cold
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trans-bottom

trans-top|compartment of a refrigerator used as a freezer
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trans-bottom

refrigerator
See refrigerator

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