icehouse

See also: Icehouse, ice-house, and ice house

English

Etymology

From ice +‎ house.

Noun

icehouse (plural icehouses)

1. A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.
2. (US, colloquial) An ice hockey rink.
3. (climatology) A cold state in global climate.

   Antonyms: greenhouse, hothouse

4. (Texas) A convenience store.

Translations

a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice

• Azerbaijani: buzxana
• Catalan: nevera (ca) f
• 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