Igloo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An Inuit or Eskimo dwelling, especially a dome-shaped winter dwelling built of blocks of packed snow.
  • n. A dome-shaped structure or building.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
  • n. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An Eskimo snow house.
  • n. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Among the Eskimos, a dome-shaped hut, usually built of shaped blocks of hard snow, with a window made of a slab of ice.
  • n. Hence — The excavation which a seal makes in the snow over its breathing-hole.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hovel    hutch    hut    shanty    shack   
    Cross Reference
    snow fort    quinzhee   
    Same Context
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