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A hut or other structure made of ice or snow. Cf. igloo, n. 1, snow-house n. (b) at snow, n.1 compounds 4a.
(a) a house in which snow is preserved in warm weather; (b) a house or hut built of snow.
A dome-shaped Eskimo dwelling, typically built of blocks of compacted snow.