cooler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a refrigerator for cooling liquids
    ice chest.
  2. noun an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice
  3. noun a cell for violent prisoners
    tank.
  4. adjective neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
    cool.
    • a cool autumn day
    • a cool room
    • cool summer dresses
    • cool drinks
    • a cool breeze
  5. adjective satellite marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
    coolheaded; nerveless; cool.
    • play it cool
    • keep cool
    • stayed coolheaded in the crisis
    • the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
  6. adjective (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets
    cool.
    • cool greens and blues and violets
  7. adjective psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
    cool.
    • relations were cool and polite
    • a cool reception
    • cool to the idea of higher taxes
  8. adjective satellite (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification
    cool.
    • a cool million bucks
  9. adjective satellite fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
    cool.
    • he's a cool dude
    • that's cool
    • Mary's dress is really cool
    • it's not cool to arrive at a party too early

WordNet


Cool"er noun
Definitions
  1. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
    if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot.
  2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

Webster 1913