ice-house
Pre-refrigerator building
An ice-house is a building for storing ice, typically cut from frozen lakes or rivers in winter and packed in sawdust to last through warmer months.
Before mechanical refrigeration, ice-houses were essential for preserving food.
The term persists in place names and historical contexts: The old ice-house behind the estate has been converted to a guest cottage.
Losing thermal energy
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- coldLow temperature state
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
frost · insulation · preservation · perishable · meltwater · freshness · storage · coolness
Maintaining something's condition
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- perishablesItems prone to decay
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- meatAnimal tissue for food
fish · butter · blocks · straw · sawdust · packing · stockpile · larder
Underground storage room
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- foundationUnderlying support structure
masonry · brickwork · timber · insulation · subterranean · stone · thatched · double-walled
19th-century American naturalist-essayist
- Walden PondMassachusetts pond, simplicity symbol
- iceboxCold food storage chest
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- horse-drawnPowered by equines
cooling
Losing thermal energy
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- coldLow temperature state
frozen · frost · insulation · preservation · perishable · meltwater · freshness · storage · coolness
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- perishablesItems prone to decay
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
meat · fish · butter · blocks · straw · sawdust · packing · stockpile · larder · inventory
cellar
Underground storage room
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
foundation · masonry · brickwork · timber · insulation · subterranean · stone · thatched · double-walled · drainage
Thoreau
19th-century American naturalist-essayist
- Walden PondMassachusetts pond, simplicity symbol
- iceboxCold food storage chest
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
horse-drawn · estate · manor
ice-housefurnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
oven · kiln · hothouse · greenhouse · boiler room