igloo
/ˈɪɡluː/noun
उच्चारण इग्लू
इग्लू, बर्फ़ का घर
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a small round house built from blocks of hard snow by the Inuit people of northern North America
इग्लू, बर्फ़ का घर
- The Inuit traditionally built igloos as winter shelters.
- The documentary showed an Inuit family sheltering in an igloo.
- An igloo keeps its occupants warm because snow is a good insulator.
+ 2 more examples
- The children built a small igloo out of snow in the garden.
- In the story, the hunter returned to his igloo after a day on the ice.
Synonyms snow house
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
an igloo (countable noun)
'Igloo' is countable and begins with a vowel sound, so we say 'an igloo'; the plural is 'igloos'.
'Igloo' countable है और vowel sound से शुरू होता है, इसलिए 'an igloo' कहते हैं; plural 'igloos' है।
- The explorers built an igloo for the night.
- Several igloos stood close together.
build / live in an igloo
Typical verbs: build, make, shelter in or live in. An igloo is built from blocks of packed snow.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ: build, make, shelter in या live in। Igloo जमी हुई बर्फ़ के खंडों से बनता है।
- The Inuit hunters sheltered in an igloo during the blizzard.
igloo-shaped / igloo-like (compound adjective)
Compound adjectives with a hyphen describe things with a dome shape: an igloo-shaped tent.
Hyphen वाले compound adjectives गुंबद जैसे आकार वाली वस्तुओं का वर्णन करते हैं: an igloo-shaped tent।
- We saw an igloo-shaped hut at the hill resort.
igloo in comparisons / geography lessons
In geography, an igloo is linked to the Arctic and cold regions. In comparisons we say 'as cold as an igloo' or 'like an igloo'.
भूगोल में igloo का संबंध आर्कटिक और ठंडे क्षेत्रों से है। तुलना में 'as cold as an igloo' या 'like an igloo' कहा जाता है।
- The room was as cold as an igloo.
+Collocations 4
verb + igloo
buildmakelive inshelter incarveenter
- The children built an igloo in the snow during the school trip to Manali.
igloo + noun
doorwallrooftentshapevillage
- The igloo roof was strong enough to hold their weight.
adjective + igloo
snowsmallroundicetemporarydomed
- A small snow igloo kept them warm all night.
location of an igloo
ArcticGreenlandCanadasnowfieldtundra
- Igloos were once common in the Arctic.
“More examples 5
- An igloo keeps people warm even when it is freezing outside.
बाहर कड़ाके की ठंड होने पर भी igloo लोगों को गरम रखता है।
- The geography book has a picture of an igloo on the first page.
भूगोल की पुस्तक के पहले पृष्ठ पर igloo का चित्र है।
- Radhika made a paper igloo for her science project.
राधिका ने अपने विज्ञान प्रोजेक्ट के लिए कागज़ का igloo बनाया।
- The hotel in Kashmir has special igloo rooms for tourists in winter.
कश्मीर के होटल में सर्दियों में पर्यटकों के लिए विशेष igloo कमरे हैं।
- Not all Inuit lived in igloos all year; in summer they used tents.
सभी Inuit पूरे वर्ष igloo में नहीं रहते थे; गर्मियों में वे तंबू का प्रयोग करते थे।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The Inuit hunter slept in a igloo.
✓ The Inuit hunter slept in an igloo.
'Igloo' begins with a vowel sound, so it takes 'an'.
'Igloo' vowel sound से शुरू होता है, इसलिए 'an' आता है।
✗ They made igloo from the snow blocks.
✓ They made an igloo from the snow blocks.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
Singular countable noun के साथ article आवश्यक है।
✗ The igloos is made of ice.
✓ Igloos are made of ice.
A plural noun needs 'are'.
Plural noun के साथ 'are' आता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
snow house
AaSpelling
ig·loo
⌂Word origin and word building
The word comes from the Inuit language.
यह शब्द Inuit भाषा से आया है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a dome-shaped hut of snow is an igloo; a cone-shaped tent of the native Americans is a tepee or wigwam; a mud hut is a hut or kutcha house; a dwelling dug into a hillside is a cave.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: बर्फ़ की गुंबदनुमा झोपड़ी igloo; अमेरिकी मूल निवासियों का शंकु-आकार तंबू tepee या wigwam; मिट्टी की झोपड़ी hut या कच्चा मकान; पहाड़ी में खोदा निवास cave।