icebox

English

Alternative forms

• ice-box

Etymology

From ice +‎ box.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈʌɪsbɒks/

Noun

icebox (plural iceboxes)

1. A box or compartment containing ice. [from 19th c.]
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. [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.’

Translations

refrigerator — see refrigerator

box containing ice

• Finnish: kylmälaatikko (fi)
• French: glacière (fr) f

• Italian: ghiacciaia (it) f
• Turkish: buzluk (tr)

compartment of a refrigerator used as a freezer

• Finnish: pakastinlokero (fi)
• French: congélateur (fr) m, compartiment à glaçons (fr) m
• Greek: χύξη (el) (psýxi) f

• Italian: congelatore (it) m, freezer (it)
• Turkish: buzluk (tr)

External links

• Icebox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

icebox (not comparable)

1. agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
   • 1982, Alexei Sayle, The Young Ones [1]

     MIKE: Yeah, yeah, so. So we'll forget about the rent, we'll pay you another time, is that cool?

     BALOWSKI: Yes, that's absolutely icebox! See you later, Ford Anglia!