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cooler

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cool·er  (klr)
n.
1. A device, container, or room that cools or keeps cool.
2. A cold drink, often a mixture of white wine and juice.
3. Slang A jail.

cooler [ˈkuːlə]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a container, vessel, or apparatus for cooling, such as a heat exchanger
2. a slang word for prison
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a drink consisting of wine, fruit juice, and carbonated water
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cooler - a refrigerator for cooling liquidscooler - a refrigerator for cooling liquids  
icebox, refrigerator - white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
2.cooler - an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice
beverage, drinkable, potable, drink - any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
3.cooler - a cell for violent prisoners
jail cell, prison cell, cell - a room where a prisoner is kept
Translations
cooler [ˈkuːləʳ] N
1. (= cool box) → nevera f portátil
2. (= prison) → chirona f, trena f
cooler [ˈkuːlər] (US) n (= cool box) → glacière f
cool-headed [ˌkuːlˈhɛdɪd] adjcalme
cooler
n
(for milk etc) → Kühlapparat m; (for wine) → Kühler m
(inf: = prison) → Bau m (inf)
cooler [ˈkuːləʳ] n (for food) → ghiacciaia
to send sb to the cooler (fam) (prison) → mettere qn al fresco


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So I abandoned the Snark voyage and sought a cooler climate.
The harvesters slept in the hayloft because it was cooler there than in the house.
This is writing only to Frenchmen and to Papists: a Protestant would be desirous to know why he must imagine that Father du Bernat had a cooler head or more knowledge; and why one man whose account is singular is not more likely to be mistaken than many agreeing in the same account.
 
 
 
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