klondike

noun
UK /ˈklɒndaɪk/
US /ˈklɑːndaɪk/

A very cold, snowy place where people look for gold.

The miners traveled to the Klondike to find gold.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A kind of ice cream bar covered in chocolate.

She bought a Klondike bar for dessert.

3. A card game in which players build sequences of cards.

Grandpa taught us how to play Klondike on rainy days.

4. A very difficult or challenging situation.

Moving to a new city felt like a real Klondike at first.