cooler

English

Etymology

cool +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːl.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːlə(r)

Noun

cooler (countable and uncountable, plural coolers)

1. (countable) Anything which cools.
   • Arbuthnot

     If acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case.

2. (countable) An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
3. (US, countable or uncountable) A mixed drink, especially one served chilled.

   They served wine coolers in the afternoon.

4. (US, slang) A prison.
   • Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.

5. (poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
6. (countable) A bouncer or doorman.

Synonyms

• (insulated box)
  • car fridge
  • cool bag, cool box (UK)
  • chilly bin (New Zealand)
  • esky (Australia)
  • ice chest

Translations

anything which cools

• Finnish: jäähdytin (fi)

• German: Kühler (de) m

insulated bin or box to keep food cold while picnicking or camping

• Bulgarian: хладилна чанта (hladilna čanta)
• Finnish: kylmälaukku (fi)
• French: glacière (fr) f

• German: Kühlbox f
• Hungarian: hűtőtáska (hu)
• Spanish: hielera

chilled mixed drink

• Arabic: مبرد‎‎ (ar)

• Finnish: cooler (fi)

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative form of cool: more cool

   He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

Derived terms

• cooler heads will prevail

Anagrams

• recool

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Finnish

Noun

cooler

1. cooler (chilled mixed drink)

Declension

Inflection of cooler (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		cooler	coolerit
genitive		coolerin	coolerien coolereiden coolereitten
partitive		cooleria	coolereita coolereja
illative		cooleriin	coolereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cooler	coolerit
accusative	nom.	cooler	coolerit
	gen.	coolerin
genitive		coolerin	coolerien coolereiden coolereitten
partitive		cooleria	coolereita coolereja
inessive		coolerissa	coolereissa
elative		coolerista	coolereista
illative		cooleriin	coolereihin
adessive		coolerilla	coolereilla
ablative		coolerilta	coolereilta
allative		coolerille	coolereille
essive		coolerina	coolereina
translative		cooleriksi	coolereiksi
instructive		—	coolerein
abessive		cooleritta	coolereitta
comitative		—	coolereineen

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German

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative degree of cool