ice castle

Winter fairy stronghold

A structure built from ice and snow, ranging from children's backyard constructions to elaborate sculptural works at winter festivals.

Ice castles may be carved from frozen blocks or built up by spraying water that freezes in layers.

The term also applies to fantasy architecture in fiction and film—crystalline palaces in frozen kingdoms: The ice castle glittered under the northern lights.

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winter wonderland · turrets · glacial · crystalline · frost · snow · fortress · kingdom · sparkling · cold · magical · towers · icy · Narnia · shimmering · throne · fairytale · glittering

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temperature/thermal quality

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furnace · fire pit · inferno · sun temple · sand castle

permanence/ephemerality

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Historic serpentine fortification

material permanence

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Fortified structure from Middle Ages

concrete bunker · pyramid

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ice, castle, ices, iced, icier, iciest, icily, iciness, castles

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G