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Refrigerator vs Icebox - What's the difference?

refrigerator | icebox | Synonyms |

Icebox is a synonym of refrigerator.



As nouns the difference between refrigerator and icebox

is that refrigerator is a household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge) while icebox is a box or compartment containing ice.

As an adjective icebox is

agreeable, awesome. as a superlative of cool.

refrigerator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge ).
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=A better waterworks, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
    • , page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator -sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
  • One who has a chilling influence.
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator .

    Synonyms

    * fridge, frigerator * icebox

    Derived terms

    * refrigerator-freezer * refrigerator mother * refrigerator pie

    Related terms

    * fridge * fridge-freezer * refrigerate * refrigeration

    See also

    * cooler * freezer * icebox ----

    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!