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Freezer vs Icebox - What's the difference?

freezer | icebox |

As nouns the difference between freezer and icebox

is that freezer is an appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit) while icebox is a box or compartment containing ice.

As an adjective icebox is

agreeable, awesome. as a superlative of cool.

freezer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0 Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
  • The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

    • Synonyms

    * cooler (room) * walk-in freezer (room) * deep freezer, deep-freezer (stand-alone appliance)

    Derived terms

    * deepfreeze, deep-freeze, deep freeze * freezer bag * freezer burn * fridge-freezer * freezer paper * freezer-proof

    See also

    * fridge * icebox * refrigerator ----

    icebox

    English

    Alternative forms

    *ice-box

    Noun

    (es)
  • A box or compartment containing ice.
  • (UK) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
  • (US) A refrigerator.
  • *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 .’

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "icebox")

    Adjective

    (-)
  • agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
  • * 1982, Alexei Sayle, The Young Ones [http://www.4q.dk/a51/viewpage.php?page_id=14]
    • 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!