What does glacière in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word glacière in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use glacière in French.

The word glacière in French means cool box, cool bag, ice house, cold room, freezer room, ice compartment, fridge, ice-box, glacier, ice-cream maker. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word glacière

cool box, cool bag

nom féminin (récipient isotherme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
N'oublie pas la glacière pour le pique-nique.
Don't forget the cool box (or: cool bag) for the picnic.

ice house

nom féminin (dispositif de production de glace)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Auparavant, chaque village possédait sa glacière.
In the olden days, every village had an ice house.

cold room, freezer room

nom féminin (vieilli (local froid)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Autrefois, on conservait la glace dans des constructions semi-enterrées : des glacières
In the past, ice was stored in semi-underground structures called cold rooms.

ice compartment

nom féminin (vieilli (bac réfrigérant) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Chaque matin un livreur apportait des pains de glace pour la glacière.
Every morning a delivery man would bring freezer blocks for the ice compartment.

fridge, ice-box

nom féminin (figuré (lieu très froid) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Allume le chauffage, cette maison est une glacière.
Turn on the heating; this house is a fridge.

glacier

nom masculin (rivière de glace)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après une journée sur le glacier, Thierry avait pris un sacré coup de soleil.
Terry got dreadful sunburn after a day on the glacier.

ice-cream maker

(fabricant de glaces)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les glaciers ont inventé des parfums de glace incroyables.
Ice-cream makers have created incredible ice-cream flavours.

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