1. an insulated box or chest cooled with ice, used for storing food and drinks
Usage: dated
2. a refrigerator
Usage: informal; chiefly American

Examples

• Grandma kept milk and butter in the old icebox on the back porch.
• The iceman delivered fresh ice blocks for the icebox every Tuesday.
• We packed sandwiches in the icebox for our camping trip.
• Mom asked me to get the juice from the icebox.
• The antique icebox in the kitchen museum still had its original hardware.
• Before electric refrigerators, every household needed an icebox to preserve food.