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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(architecture) 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..
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.
Use yakhchal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yakhchal means (architecture) 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.
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