icehouse

ice·house

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ahys-hous]
- /ˈaɪsˌhaʊs/
- /ˈaɪshaʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ahys-hous]
- /ˈaɪsˌhaʊs/

Definitions of icehouse word

noun plural icehouse a building for storing ice. 1
noun icehouse A building for storing ice, typically one situated partly or wholly underground. 1
noun icehouse a building where ice is stored 0
noun icehouse a place where artificial ice is made 0
noun icehouse A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature. 0
noun icehouse (Colloquial) (US) An ice hockey rink. 0

See all 6 definitions of icehouse

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Origin of icehouse

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90; ice + house

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Parts of speech for Icehouse

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Icehouse

icehouse popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

icehouse usage trend in Literature

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