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icebox

[ahys-boks] / ˈaɪsˌbɒks /








NOUN
cooler
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
NOUN
refrigerator
Synonyms


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Miraculously, the line of people that usually snakes down Melrose yearning for a slice of chef Karla Subero Pittol’s passion lime fruit icebox pie is nonexistent today.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

Airport authorities and police seized six pieces of rhinoceros horn and around 12 kilograms of unidentified meat used to conceal them inside a polystyrene icebox.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

Over the summer, I wrote a whole guide to upgrading icebox cakes, and most of the same rules apply here: start with a hero flavor, hand-whip your cream and layer with intention.

From Salon Nov. 27, 2025

For $100 out of my own pocket, I hired a pro who typically charges $400 or more to help make my two-century-old home feel less like an icebox in winter.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

An icebox with real ice, not electricity, to cool food.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Before electric refrigeration, households relied on iceboxes, which required frequent deliveries of heavy blocks of ice, constant draining of meltwater and careful food planning to avoid spoilage.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

They then numbered and packed the samples so they could be carried down the mountain in iceboxes and then transferred via four-wheel-drive vehicles to refrigerated trucks further down the mountain.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

The so-called "iceboxes", notorious among migrants, are extremely cold rooms or cubicles in US Border Patrol migrant processing facilities.

From BBC May 23, 2021

Refrigerated railroad cars and in-home iceboxes meant that vegetables were now available in winter, and not just turnips.

From New York Times May 13, 2016

Salinas had a small ice company, not large but enough to supply the few houses with iceboxes and to service the ice-cream parlors.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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