igloo

American  

[ig-loo] / ˈɪg lu /

Sometimes iglu

noun

plural

igloos

1. an Inuit house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.

2. Informal. any dome-shaped construction thought to resemble an igloo.

   immense silos topped with steel igloos.

3. Military. a dome-shaped building for the storage of rockets or other munitions.

4. an excavation made by a seal in the snow over its breathing hole in the ice.

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igloo British  

/ ˈɪɡluː /

noun

1. a dome-shaped Inuit house, usually built of blocks of solid snow

2. a hollow made by a seal in the snow over its breathing hole in the ice

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Etymology

Origin of igloo

First recorded in 1855–60, igloo is from the Inuit word iglu “house”