English

Alternative forms

• ice-box

Noun

icebox ‎(plural iceboxes)

1. A box or compartment containing ice. [from 19th c.]
2. (Britain) 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 prison. [from 20th c.]
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 53:

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

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External links

• icebox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

icebox ‎(not comparable)

1. 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!