[
US
/ˈɪɡɫu/
]
[ UK /ˈɪɡluː/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪɡluː/ ]
NOUN
- an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
How To Use igloo In A Sentence
- By now my igloo had become a small lake, and I was trying desperately to stay afloat. RESCUING ROSE
- He was not a lumberjack, or a fur trader, and he didn't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dog sled.
- And it's a deep still well, an igloo in the snow and a heretics' church.
- There was, among the many, a hammock-shaped nest of the golden oriole, and igloo-shaped nest of some jungle specimen, a grass-at-all-angles nest of the ouzel, an eagle's nest spacious enough for Thor to hide in, and yes, a cuckoo's nest, which is to say the nest of any other bird the cuckoo finds handy. Another Roadside Attraction
- Inuit igloos in the Arctic and felt-covered yurts on the Mongolian steppes, for example, have been used for centuries.
- He's often used commonplace materials as artist's supplies: those packing peanuts and dry-cleaner's hangers, as well as trash bags (he made an inflated igloo from white ones) and dying fluorescent bulbs (for light works you could barely see). Dan Steinhilber retrospective: Escaping definitions
- Amongst the sweets is Xmas Igloo, Christmas pudding ice cream made with brandy.
- Before houses, apartments, mobile homes, castles, igloos, thatched huts, lean-tos, we had caves - a bit draftier, but we got by just the same. NYT > Home Page
- Smaller balloons are then inflated around the main structure, and the process repeated to create mini-igloos for the guests and staff to sleep in.
- Flat upon the ground, the small army concentred on the igloo, and behind, deliciously expectant, crouched many women and children, come out to witness the murder. THE SUNLANDERS