ICEBOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does icebox mean? 

• ICEBOX (noun)
  The noun ICEBOX has 1 sense:

1. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

  Familiarity information: ICEBOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICEBOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

icebox; refrigerator

Hypernyms ("icebox" is a kind of...):

white goods (large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel)

Meronyms (parts of "icebox"):

drip pan (pan under a refrigerator for collecting liquid waste)

refrigeration system (a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "icebox"):

cooler; ice chest (a refrigerator for cooling liquids)

electric refrigerator; fridge (a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor)