cooler
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkuːl.ə(ɹ)/
cooler
- (countable) Anything which cools.
- If acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case.
- (countable) An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
- A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
- (US, countable or uncountable) A mixed drink, especially one served chilled.
- They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
- (US, slang) A prison.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
- About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
- (poker, gambling, colloquial, countable) A cold deck.
- (countable) A bouncer or doorman.
- (insulated box)
- car fridge
- cool bag, cool box (UK)
- chilly bin (New Zealand)
- esky (Australia)
- ice chest
- German: Kühler
- Italian: congelatore, ghiacciaia, freezer
- French: glacière
- German: Kühlbox
- Italian: ghiacciaia, termos, thermos
- Spanish: hielera
- comparative form of cool
- He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.
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