Associations to the word «Icebox»
Noun
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Wiktionary
ICEBOX, noun. A box or compartment containing ice. [from 19th c.]
ICEBOX, noun. (UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
ICEBOX, noun. (US) A refrigerator. [from 20th c.]
ICEBOX, noun. (US slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
ICEBOX, adjective. Agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
ICEBOX CAKE, noun. (US) A dessert consisting of whipped cream and stacked chocolate wafers, refrigerated to form a sliceable log.
ICEBOX PIE, noun. A dessert consisting of fruit or fruit juice, eggs, and condensed milk in a pie crust, frequently made of graham crackers and butter.
ICEBOX PIES, noun. Plural of icebox pie
Dictionary definition
ICEBOX, noun. White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.