icebox

• ice-box

From ice +‎ box.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌɪsbɒks/

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icebox (plural iceboxes)

1. A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool. [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 city with a cold or snowy climate.

   I moved here from the icebox of the upper Midwest.

5. (US, slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 53:

     ‘The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.’

6. (US, slang) A morgue.

• cool box
• cooler
• coolbox
• chilly bin (New Zealand)
• esky (Australia)

• icebox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

icebox (not comparable)

1. (slang) agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
   • 1982, Alexei Sayle, The Young Ones‎:

     MIKE: Yeah, yeah, so. So we'll forget about the rent, we'll pay you another time, is that cool?
     BALOWSKI: Yes, that's absolutely icebox! See you later, Ford Anglia!