also: ひょうしつ
ice house; ice room; cold room
A building or room used for storing ice, historically common before modern refrigeration. Often refers to traditional Japanese ice storage structures.
In the past, they stored ice in an ice house and kept it until summer.
Remains of old ice houses remain in this area.
Standard kanji form; the reading ひむろ is the most common.
Rare reading; it is rarely used kana form.
Compound of 氷 (ひ, 'ice') and 室 (むろ, 'room' or 'cellar'). The reading ひむろ is a kun'yomi compound; ひょうしつ is an on'yomi reading that is rarely used.