Icebox vs Esky - What's the difference?
icebox | esky | Synonyms |
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 .’
agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)
* 1982, Alexei Sayle, The Young Ones [http://www.4q.dk/a51/viewpage.php?page_id=14]
(Australia) An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.
Esky is a synonym of icebox.
As nouns the difference between icebox and esky
is that icebox is a box or compartment containing ice while esky is an insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.As an adjective icebox
is agreeable, awesome. as a superlative of cool.icebox
English
Alternative forms
*ice-boxNoun
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* (wikipedia "icebox")Adjective
(-)- 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!