ig·loo
 igloo
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- pronunciation:
- I
glu
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
igloos |
| definition 1: |
a shelter typically made by indigenous peoples of the arctic region, often dome-shaped and constructed of blocks of ice or hard snow.
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| definition 2: |
a dome-shaped building.
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Igloo is an Inuit (Eskimo) word for "house." To the Inuit people, it may seem that
house is the English word for "igloo."