icehouse

[ ahys-hous ]

noun

, plural ice·hous·es [ahys, -hou-ziz].

1. a building for storing ice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of icehouse¹

First recorded in 1680–90; ice + house

Example Sentences

Vast quantities of dust from the asteroid and the impacts of the smaller pieces might have affected sunlight and global climate too, perhaps helping to explain why Earth became an icehouse between 444 and 463 million years ago.

From Slate

And as we well know from our present habit of turning an icehouse climate into a greenhouse one, an altered climate dramatically affects life on our planet.

From Slate

Popular hiking trails, including Icehouse Canyon and Icehouse Saddle appear, via the fire map, to not have burned in the Bridge fire.

From Los Angeles Times

The Earth today is like an icehouse, with ice sheets at both poles and comparatively lower carbon dioxide concentrations, but this has been rare rather than commonplace through the planet's history.

From Salon

Popular hiking trails, including Icehouse Canyon and Icehouse Saddle appear, via the fire map, to not have burned in the Bridge fire.

From Los Angeles Times