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

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.
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.