igloo

IPA: ˈɪgɫu

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
(zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
(military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
(logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.

Examples of "igloo" in Sentences

Thanks for your interest in igloo.
Think about the shape of an igloo.
The teacher walks out of the igloo.
They live in an igloo in the Arctic.
Then think of them as a sort of igloo.
An igloo is a winter house for Eskimos.
Selling a refrigerator to an Igloo owner.
Differences between a quinzhee and an igloo.
An igloo is a much more comfortable place to sleep.
In North America, this latitude can land you in igloo territory.
Happily the temperature in the igloo was a balmy -1.5 degrees C.
Think about the shape of an igloo. Think about the shape of an igloo.
Body heat is trapped inside the igloo. Body heat is trapped inside the igloo.
They build in a circle and bevel the edges of the blocks so that the igloo is shaped like a bee-hive.
The snow houses they call _iglooweuks_, or houses of snow; the stone and earth shelters are _igloosoaks_, or big igloos, the word igloo, in the
Our igloo was a vacuum which was filling itself up as soon as possible: and when snow was not coming in a fine black moraine dust took its place, covering us and everything.
There are not so many elements added in the pictures below, so it may not look very friendly to look at at this state, but once all the books, magazines and favourite CDs are on the shelves, this igloo could be a very inviting hideout for someone with a passion for reading.