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igloo

[ US /ˈɪɡɫu/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪɡluː/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
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