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cooler^¹

/ˈkuː.lə(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈku.lɚ/ Canada, US
/ˈkʉː.lə(ɹ)/ Australia

Rhymes with -uːlə(ɹ)

noun coolers

Anything which cools. If acid Things were used only as Coolers, they would not be so proper in this Case.
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping. While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.
Similar: car fridge, cool bag, cool box, chilly bin, esky, ice chest
A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue. He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.
Canada, South Africa, countable, uncountable A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice. They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
Philippines, countable samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)
India, abbreviation, countable, ellipsis Ellipsis of air cooler, evaporative cooler, desert cooler, or swamp cooler.
US, slang A prison. About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.
US, slang A bouncer or doorman.
colloquial A cold deck.
A loss suffered while holding a hand which is ordinarily strong, especially one which involves the loss of many chips.
obsolete, slang A final glass of porter after a session drinking spirits and water.
archaic, slang A cooling swim or dip in the water. That night this ungainly urchin, taking a cooler in one of the big irrigation canals, got laid hold of by an alligator and raised the most unearthly screech […]

adjective

comparative comparative form of cool: more cool He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

Cooler^²

Where it comes from

Americanized spelling of German Kühler.

proper noun Coolers

A surname from German.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ice chest, tank, cold, ice, fridge, refrigerant, refrigerator, freezer, chiller, coolant, icebox, condenser, intercooler, heater, fan, radiator

Translations

Every language

noun anything which cools

Deutsch	Kühler
Italiano	congelatore, ghiacciaia, freezer
Русский	охлади́тель oxladítelʹ

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

Español	hielera, conservadora térmica, heladerita, cúler, nevera
한국어	아이스박스 aiseubakseu
Português	geleira, caixa térmica
Français	glacière
Deutsch	Kühlbox
Italiano	ghiacciaia, termos, thermos
Русский	ле́дник lédnik

noun chilled mixed drink

中文	酷樂 /酷乐 kùlè
Русский	прохлади́тельный напи́ток proxladítelʹnyj napítok
العربية	مُبَرِّد mubarrid

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@misc{cooler_2026,
  title = {cooler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cooler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}