different between icebox vs esky

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!

English

Etymology

From Esky (“brand name”), a brand name originally owned by Malley's Ltd, of Sydney, Australia, from 1952; since genericised. From esk(imo) +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ki?/

Noun

esky (plural eskies)

1. (Australia) An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 211:

     Instructions followed for the package to be covered with clean ice in a six-pack esky (which should be big enough), and stored in a cool room at the hotel or the butcher shop, until the arrival of the mail plane.

Synonyms

• (insulated cooler): car fridge, chilly bin (NZ), cool box, cooler (US), icebox

See also

• Eskie

Anagrams

• Keys, Skye, keys, kyes, skye, syke, yesk