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icebox

English

Alternative forms

  • ice-box

Etymology

From ice +? box.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???sb?ks/

Noun

icebox (plural iceboxes)

  1. A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool. [from 19th c.]
  2. (Britain) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
  3. (US, dated) A refrigerator. [from 20th c.]
  4. (US, slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 53:
      ‘The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.’
  5. (US, slang) A morgue.

Translations

Synonyms

  • cool box
  • cooler
  • coolbox
  • chilly bin (New Zealand)
  • esky (Australia)

Further reading

  • icebox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

icebox (not comparable)

  1. agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
    • BALOWSKI: Yes, that's absolutely icebox! See you later, Ford Anglia!

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dicebox

English

Etymology

dice +? box

Noun

dicebox (plural diceboxes)

  1. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming.
    • 1844, William Makepeace Thackeray, Barry Lyndon, Chapter, [1]
      [] there is a sort of chivalry among the knights of the dice-box: the fame of great players is known all over Europe.

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