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Igloo   /ˈɪglu/   Listen
Igloo

noun
1.
An Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome.  Synonym: iglu.






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"Igloo" Quotes from Famous Books



... gone after the bear were busy skinning it, Raed brought up a roll of flannel, with half a dozen knives, and, holding them up, pointed off to the mainland and said, "Henne-lay." Whereupon they fell to heh-hehing afresh with cries of "Igloo, igloo!" Kit pointed to our boat, hanging from the davits at the stern, and then off to the shore, to inquire whether we should send it for them; but they shook their ...
— Left on Labrador - or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' • Charles Asbury Stephens

... freedom. She must keep more to her father's igloo and help her mother at sewing of furs for the clothing, going out at times with the other women to set their traps in the snow for animals whose skins were ...
— The Trail of a Sourdough - Life in Alaska • May Kellogg Sullivan



Words linked to "Igloo" :   iglu, shanty, hut, hovel, shack, hutch



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