cooler

[ koo-ler ]
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noun
  1. a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.

  2. anything that cools or makes cool; refrigerant.

  1. an air conditioner.

  2. a tall drink, consisting of liquor, soda, and a fruit garnish.

  3. the cooler, Slang. jail: He was in the cooler for three months for petty theft.

  4. Ice Hockey Slang. penalty box.

Origin of cooler

1
First recorded in 1565–75; cool + -er1

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How to use cooler in a sentence

  • Jolu helped me hide the coolers in the rubble, working with little white LED torches on headbands.

    Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
  • He listened to me, then he calls some guards and they drag Morphy through the prison and down to the coolers.

    Whispering Wires | Henry Leverage
  • I said our air-conditioning system goes haywire and that we were ripping out a thousand old boilers and coolers.

    Satan and the Comrades | Ralph Bennitt

British Dictionary definitions for cooler

cooler

/ (ˈkuːlə) /


noun
  1. a container, vessel, or apparatus for cooling, such as a heat exchanger

  2. a slang word for prison

  1. a drink consisting of wine, fruit juice, and carbonated water

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