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ice delivery door

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small exterior door to a house that opens to a built-in icebox (“cold food storage unit cooled by ice”) ice container compartment, so that the ice delivery man can place fresh ice directly into the ice container in an ice box. (As iceboxes were replaced by refrigerators, these doors fell out of use and were no longer built.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: architecture

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Synonyms: ice door

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: door

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