igloo
- A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
- A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
- A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
- A kind of airfreight cargo container.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪɡluː/
Etymology
From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.
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