Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums

[ClarissaMach]

could somebody give me a definition or link to a website where I can see a picture? I'm trying to figure out if there's a word in Portuguese for it, but I'm lost...

Here is the sentence:

"[at that time] there were no refrigerators - just blocks of ices or cool rooms - so food wouldn't suddenly spoil either".
_________________
Stormy Weather.

[asterix]

A cool room is a room that's temperature controlled to keep stuff at an optimum temperature.
For example, beer is kept in a cool room so that it's at a perfect temperature for drinking.

Some produce is kept in cool rooms to keep it fresh, and so on.

Basically, it's a room-sized refrigerator.

[ClarissaMach]

But what if we're talking about something that do not depens on eletricity?
_________________
Stormy Weather.

[Bob S.]

[Philo Kevetch]

Hello Clarissa March -

The use of masonry (stone) to build a 'cool room' was quite common.

It's location was usually on the north side of the house, sheltered from the sun. The heavy masonry would provide a seasonal 'thermal flywheel' effect.

Sometimes, if the room was an outside addition to the house, it would be sunk into the ground to avoid heat gain from the surface layer of the earth (as in a 'root cellar').

They could also be bermed or dug into a north facing hillside.

Some were built above a spring (as in a 'spring house').

Philo

BTW - 'does not depend on electricity'