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Icebox vs Refridgerator - What's the difference?

icebox | refridgerator |

As nouns the difference between icebox and refridgerator

is that icebox is a box or compartment containing ice while refridgerator is .

As an adjective icebox

is agreeable, awesome (as a superlative of cool).

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 .’
  • 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!

    refridgerator

    English

    Noun

    (head)