ice housen.
/ˈʌɪs haʊs/, U.S. /ˈaɪs ˌhaʊs/ 1. A building, often partly or wholly underground, in which ice (esp. ice collected in winter) is stored for use throughout the year (now chiefly historical); (also) the type of a frigid place. Cf. snow-house n. (a) at snow n.1 Compounds 4a.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > for ice or snow
conservatory1626
snow-house1662
ice house1666
1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 139 The Snow, or Ice-houses are here commonly built on the side of a steep hill.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 96 The Persians make great use of Ice..; they make not their Ice-houses as in France.
1707 Duke of Marlborough Let. 26 June in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) II. 821 You must advise..what place may be proper for the ice house.
1772 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 285 (note) The very name of an ice-house almost strikes one with a chill.
1823 New Eng. Farmer 15 Nov. 125/2 I herewith hand you a sketch of my ice closet attached to my ice house.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xiv. 301 When we fill an ice-house..we break the ice into very small fragments.
1892 Daily News 15 Mar. 7/2 It is absolutely impossible to sit here this cold weather..the place is like an ice-house.
1932 ‘N. Shute’ Lonely Road v. 96 It's like a ruddy ice-house.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May 18/2 There was the matter of Alfred's old sweetie, with whom he had apparently dallied near the village ice house.
2010 National Trust Mag. Summer 5/1 Last year, the Avebury archaeological team used geophysics to discover the location of the lost ice house inside the walled gardens of Avebury Manor.
2. A hut or other structure made of ice or snow. Cf. igloo n. 1, snow-house n. (b) at snow n.1 Compounds 4a.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > made of ice or snow
ice house1788
snow-house1827
igloo1856
1788 J. Ledyard Jrnl. 9 Apr. in Journey through Russia (1966) 222 Among the Cakes of Ice cut out of the Neva River at Petersburg for the Icehouses I do not think that the Ice exceeds this..thickness.
1857 G. F. McDougall Eventful Voy. ‘Resolute’ 426 The remains of two ice houses yet existed, but were rapidly thawing away, under the influence of the heat of the sun.
1958 Listener 25 Sept. 482/2 They sat marooned for four days in an icehouse 14,000 feet up.
2010 Carlow (Irel.) People (Nexis) 7 Dec. Brothers Rory and Eoin O' Connor of Duncannon slept in the ice house constructed by locals during a ‘Winter Olympics’ carnival held in the snow-bound village last week.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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