Definition of Cooler

1. Noun. A refrigerator for cooling liquids.

Exact synonyms: Ice Chest
Generic synonyms: Icebox, Refrigerator
Derivative terms: Cool

2. Noun. An iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice.
Generic synonyms: Beverage, Drink, Drinkable, Potable
Derivative terms: Cool

3. Noun. A cell for violent prisoners.
Exact synonyms: Tank
Generic synonyms: Cell, Jail Cell, Prison Cell

Definition of Cooler

1. n. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

Definition of Cooler

1. Noun. anything which cools ¹

2. Noun. an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping ¹

3. Noun. (countable or uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled ¹

4. Noun. (US slang) a prison ¹

5. Noun. (poker colloquial) A cold deck. ¹

6. Adjective. (comparative of cool) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cooler

1. something that cools [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooler

coolabahs
coolamon
coolamons
coolant
coolant system
coolants
coolbox
coolboxes
cooldown
cooldowns
cooldrink
coole
cooled
cooled-knife method
cooled down
cooler (current term)
coolers
coolest
cooley
cooleys
coolheaded
coolheadedly
coolheadedness
coolhunter
coolhunters
coolhunting
coolibah
coolibahs
coolibar
coolibars

Literary usage of Cooler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The cinder cooler is in the form of a hollow frustum of a cone. ... The opening in this«cooler is then reduced by inserting into its inner end the ..."

2. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills, Harrison Washburn Hayward (1922)
"Many of the older plants use an upright gravity cooler (Fig. 18) consisting of a cylinder about 8 feet in diameter and 35 feet high, provided with baffle ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"Assistant Attorney General cooler for defendant in error. Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opin ion of the court: This case comes up on a writ of error to ..."

4. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"... which has lost the gas by heat, passes out of the boiler by the pipe б into the exchanger f, through the cooler O, into the absorption-cylinder E, ..."

5. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"Then the milk should be thoroughly cooled, and at the same time aerated by running it through a cooler in which water from supply pipes, or ice-water, ..."

6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... regiment behave with more gallantry and with cooler courage, seemingly having determined to conquer or die. ..."

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