igloo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Two miles farther on was the igloo! — Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled: A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska, Hudson Stuck
The house was part of the winter, as white as an igloo. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes
A deserted native village was soon entered, an igloo in passable condition taken possession of, and the dogs tied up for the night. — A Woman who went to Alaska, May Kellogg Sullivan

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