Meaning of yakhchal | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran), that functions as an evaporative cooler, having a domed shape above ground and a subterranean storage space.

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“Furthermore, constructions such as the Yakhchal and Abanbar, which were built exclusively to stock⟳ water, had to have⟳ direct⟳ access to water courses.”

“Jawaad takes us first to the Kerman Library, a stately old building with beautiful arches that, oddly enough, began life as a textile factory, and then to the parks around the yakhchal or icehouse. Yakhchals are a staggering feat of ancient engineering.”

“Owners of ice pits (yakhchal) were required to guarantee⟳ the purity and hygiene of the water and pits that they used in making ice.”

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