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Definition of Icehouse
1. Noun. A house for storing ice.
Definition of Icehouse
1. Proper noun. a game of strategy played with pyramidal pieces ¹
2. Noun. A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Icehouse
1. a building for storing ice [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Icehouse
Literary usage of Icehouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Fire Insurance by George Ansel Clement (1905)
"When an icehouse Vacant or Unoccupied — Question of Fact. An icehouse is not, as
a matter of law, vacant or unoccupied when, at time of the fire, ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1897)
"In an action for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while working in an
icehouse, it appeared that he was not hired by the defendant, but by C., ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... an icehouse, which constituted an independent and separate structure for
purposes of commerce, must be considered an improvement, within the meaning of ..."
4. Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports: Supplementary to Rose's by Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose (1905)
"889, holding where defendant sold plaintiff in bulk all ice stored in certain
icehouse, with understanding that plaintiff was to resell it in general course ..."
5. Farm Buildings: A Compilation of Plans for General Farm Barns, Cattle Barns by Sanders Publishing Co. (Chicago, Sanders Publishing Co. (Chicago) (1911)
"The icehouse shown in Fig. 600 and 601 was built a few years ago in Muscatine
... COMMERCIAL icehouse. maining 16' above. The building holds about 1400 tons ..."
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