icebox

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Pronunciation

• (British) 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, 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

• French: glacière
• German: Eisschrank
• Italian: ghiacciaia
• Russian: холоди́льник

Translations

• French: congélateur, compartiment à glaçons
• Italian: congelatore, freezer
• Russian: морози́лка

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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