dictionary definitions for "igloo"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  igloo
      n 1: an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in
           the shape of a dome [syn: igloo, iglu]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Igloo \Ig"loo\, n.
     1. An Eskimo snow house.
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     2. (Zool.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a
        seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.
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