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ice·house

 (īs′hous′)
n.
A place where ice is made, stored, or sold.
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ice•house

(ˈaɪsˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)
a building for storing ice.
[1680–90]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.icehouse - a house for storing ice
house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
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And also he owned the other hole near by, where the stagnant water was; and it was he who cut the ice and sold it; and what was more, if the men told truth, he had not had to pay any taxes for the water, and he had built the icehouse out of city lumber, and had not had to pay anything for that.
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They then can help transport the ice to the icehouse, where they'll see how properly stacking and insulating the ice allows the blocks to stay frozen for months without electricity.
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But in the long history of food preservation, the refrigerator we are used to owes its existence to a time-tested next of kin: the icehouse.
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