glacière
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== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From glace (“ice”) + -ière.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡla.sjɛʁ/
=== Noun ===
glacière f (plural glacières)
icehouse (a deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice)
ice cave
icebox
ice chest, coolbox
(figuratively) freezer (a very cold place)
(figuratively, law enforcement) waiting room (used as a means to soften a suspect)
=== Further reading ===
“glacière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “glacière”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette