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ice palace 
1 a building made of blocks of clear ice.
- 1889 The Montreal Ice Palace was the first ever tried in the New World.
- 1905 The ice palaces and winter carnivals, once so popular in the chief cities of the Dominion . . . have aided in this work of peculiar education to a surprising degree. . . .
- 1957 In rapid-fire succession during the day, events, running the gamut from a snow man contest for the children to construction of an ice palace on Richmond avenue, will be run off.
2 Slang an indoor hockey rink built to accommodate spectators.
See also: arena
- 1955 . . . Robertson should have an attraction tonight at the ancient Whitehall ice palace that should be well worth taking in.
- 1889 The Montreal Ice Palace was the first ever tried in the New World.