Quinzhee vs. Igloo

Quinzheenoun

(Canada) A shelter made by hollowing out a pile of snow.

Igloonoun

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.

Quinzhee

A quinzhee or quinzee is a Canadian snow shelter made from a large pile of loose snow that is shaped, then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the snow.

Igloonoun

(zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.

Igloonoun

(military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.

Igloonoun

(logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.

Igloonoun

An Eskimo snow house.

Igloonoun

A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.

Igloonoun

an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome

Igloo

An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of snow, typically built when the snow is suitable. Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit and Eskimo peoples, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and Greenland's Thule area.