Associations to the word «Igloo»

Wiktionary

IGLOO, noun. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
IGLOO, noun. (zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.

Dictionary definition

IGLOO, noun. An Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats