igloo
എക്സിമോവീട്
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There could have been a set comprising of totems, carvings, teepees, long houses, or igloos .
a dome-shaped Eskimo house, typically built from blocks of solid snow.
translation of 'igloo'
noun
എക്സിമോവീട്
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We could not stop thinking of all the supplies on the other sled, warm caribou skins, a snow knife for making an 'igloo' , fuel for the stove, and other survival gear.
And it's a deep still well, an 'igloo' in the snow and a heretics' church.
One scene stands out in particular; it's a songfest held in an 'igloo' where everyone is dressed-up in sparklingly clean white parkas and decked out in their best furs.
I think his dream home would have been an 'igloo' in northern Nunavat.
Even with a small air pocket, the warmth of a victim's breath can seal the snow around his mouth much as perspiration seals the inside of an 'igloo' or a snow cave.
The stereotypical Eskimo wears a fur parka and lives in an 'igloo' .
Then he and his wife shovel snow from the 'igloo' 's entrance and wriggle inside.
Summer housing for many Inuit was a skin tent, while in the winter the 'igloo' , or house made of snow, was common.
an 'igloo' village
Produced by an Inuit cast and crew, The Fast Runner pays close ethnographic attention to the daily details of Inuit life, from building an 'igloo' to making a sealskin drum.
Temporary snow houses were also used, though the legendary 'igloo' was a structure used more by Canadian Inuit.
Consider the Inuit, otherwise known as Eskimos, sitting in their 'igloos' or caribou hide tents.
Inuit 'igloos' in the Arctic and felt-covered yurts on the Mongolian steppes, for example, have been used for centuries.
Winter dwellings may have been built from stone blocks like the familiar 'igloos' of more recent times.
In addition, unexpected storms have left hunting parties stranded, and harder packed snow due to recent wind changes makes it more difficult to build 'igloos' for shelter.
They learnt how to keep it for quite a long time by building ice houses, with a dome, which looked like 'igloos' .
One was a film about Eskimos building an igloo, which was pretty lousy, because there was a ponderous commentary which tried to tell you that Eskimos live in 'igloos' .
Played out in peat lodges and ceremonial 'igloos' the Inuit games involved contorting bodies, jumping, kicking and various arm-pulling trials of strength.
You don't want too much explosive in a single igloo; you want 'igloos' separated by enough open land that an explosion in one will not set off a chain reaction.
Whenever we need something, Sandy has it - seasonings to spice up our freeze-dried meals, a snow saw for building 'igloos' , binding parts and tools to repair nearly anything that breaks.
There could have been a set comprising of totems, carvings, teepees, long houses, or 'igloos' .
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