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icebox

[ahys-boks] / ˈaɪsˌbɒks /
ADJECTIVE
chilly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
breezy brisk cool crisp freezing frosty icy wintry
STRONG
arctic sharp
WEAK
biting blowy drafty fresh glacial hawkish nippy penetrating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
friendly heated hot temperate
WEAK
tropical
ADJECTIVE
cold
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bitter bleak brisk chilled cool crisp frigid frosty frozen icy intense raw snowy wintry
STRONG
Siberian arctic chill cutting hyperborean keen sharp stinging
WEAK
algid below freezing below zero benumbed biting blasting boreal brumal frore gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal iced inclement nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar rimy severe shivery sleety snappy two-dog night
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hot mild nice pleasant temperate warm
ADJECTIVE
frigid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chilly freezing frosty frozen glacial ice-cold icy wintry
WEAK
Siberian antarctic arctic chill cool frost-bound gelid hyperboreal refrigerated snappy three-dog night
Antonyms
STRONGEST
friendly heated hot warm
WEAK
amicable amorous lovable loving responsive
ADJECTIVE
shivery
Synonyms
WEAK
Siberian algid arctic below freezing below zero benumbed biting bitter blasting bleak boreal brisk brumal chill chilled chilly cool crisp cutting frigid frore frosty frozen gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal hyperborean iced icy inclement intense keen nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar raw rimy severe sharp sleety snappy snowy stinging two-dog night wintry
ADJECTIVE
wintry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bleak chilly desolate freezing frigid frosty frozen icy
WEAK
biting brumal cutting dismal harsh hibernal hiemal raw snappy three-dog night
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheerful friendly heated hot responsive warm
WEAK
summery
NOUN
big house
Synonyms
WEAK
big cage big school brig calaboose can city hotel cooler coop correctional institution detention facility house of correction house of detention jail joint penitentiary prison slammer tank up the river
NOUN
cooler
Synonyms
STRONGEST
container
STRONG
refrigerant
NOUN
refrigerator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cooler
WEAK
cold storage cold-storage box ice chest

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Parpart wasn’t the first to do this; in 1913, Fred W. Wolf patented an electric refrigerator that consisted of a refrigeration unit placed on top of an icebox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Miraculously, the line of people that usually snakes down Melrose yearning for a slice of chef Karla Subero Pittol’s passion lime fruit icebox pie is nonexistent today.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Airport authorities and police seized six pieces of rhinoceros horn and around 12 kilograms of unidentified meat used to conceal them inside a polystyrene icebox.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

I’ve been thinking about icebox cakes all summer, mostly because I’ve been thinking about how to avoid sweating through my clothes and still bring something nice to a dinner.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

She took a mound of rosy Jell-O out of the icebox, cut it in half and slid a portion on another plate.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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