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What (who) is igloo - definition

TYPE OF SHELTER BUILT OF SNOW
Iglu; Igloos; ᐃᒡᓗ; Iglooit; Igluit; Inuit shelter; Cold hole; Snow hut
  • Inuk]]'' inside an igloo, early-20th century.
  • Community of igloos (Illustration from [[Charles Francis Hall]]'s ''Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux'', 1865)
  • Inuit building an igloo (November 1924)

Igloo         
·noun An Eskimo snow house.
II. Igloo ·noun A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.
igloo         
(igloos)
Igloos are dome-shaped houses built from blocks of snow by the Inuit people.
N-COUNT
igloo         
¦ noun a dome-shaped Eskimo house, typically built from blocks of solid snow.
Origin
C19: from Inuit iglu 'house'.

Wikipedia

Igloo

An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow.

Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and the Qaanaaq area of Greenland. Other Inuit tended to use snow to insulate their houses, which were constructed from whalebone and hides. Snow is used because the air pockets trapped in it make it an insulator. On the outside, temperatures may be as low as −45 °C (−49 °F), but on the inside, the temperature may range from −7 to 16 °C (19 to 61 °F) when warmed by body heat alone.

Examples of use of igloo
1. For ‘‘Living in an Igloo,‘‘ inspired by Robert E.
2. Where did you spend the last 20 years, in an igloo?
3. It contains an igloo, a polar bear, and a reindeer that pulls the ice–cart.
4. Brooke Shields always wanted to spend a night in an igloo.
5. "Then I think we‘ll be going to the igloo for another night", plans Henry.