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cool·er
(ko͞o′lər)n.
1. A device, container, or room that cools or keeps cool.
2. A cold drink, usually carbonated, fruit-flavored, and containing wine or other alcoholic ingredients. Also called wine cooler.
3. Slang A jail.
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cooler
(ˈkuːlə)n
1. (Mechanical Engineering) a container, vessel, or apparatus for cooling, such as a heat exchanger
2. a slang word for prison
3. (Brewing) a drink consisting of wine, fruit juice, and carbonated water
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cool•er
(ˈku lər)n.
1. a container, as an insulated chest, for keeping something cool.
2. a tall, iced, usu. alcoholic drink.
4. Slang. jail.
[1565–75]
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Noun | 1. | cooler - 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 | |
3. | cooler - a cell for violent prisoners |
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cooler
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cooler
n
(for milk etc) → Kühlapparat m; (for wine) → Kühler m
(inf: = prison) → Bau m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cooler
[ˈkuːləʳ] n (for food) → ghiacciaiato send sb to the cooler (fam) (prison) → mettere qn al fresco
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cooler
n. refrigerante, refresco.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012