[syn: cooler, tank]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cool \Cool\, a. [Compar. Cooler; superl. Coolest.] [AS.
c[=o]l; akin to D. koel, G. k["u]hl, OHG. chouli, Dan.
k["o]lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel.
kala. See Cold, and cf. Chill.]
1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth;
producing or promoting coolness.
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Fanned with cool winds. --Milton.
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2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty;
deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed;
dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool
debater.
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For a patriot, too cool. --Goldsmith.
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3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
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4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as,
a cool manner.
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5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of
minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully;
presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
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Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
--Hawthorne.
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6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money,
commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the
amount.
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He had lost a cool hundred. --Fielding.
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Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
--Dickens.
Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed;
repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cooler \Cool"er\, n.
That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
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If acid things were used only as coolers, they would
not be so proper in this case. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are
cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
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3. An alcoholic beverage containing liquor or wine plus a
carbonated beverage, usually served with ice.
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4. jail; -- usually used in the form the cooler. [slang]
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4. an air conditioner.
[PJC] cool-headed
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cooler
n 1: a refrigerator for cooling liquids [syn: cooler, ice
chest]
2: an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice
3: a cell for violent prisoners [syn: cooler, tank]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cooler":
air cooler, calaboose, can, chiller, chokey, clink, cold pack,
coop, fan, hoosegow, ice bag, ice bucket, ice cube, ice pack,
ice pail, jug, lockup, pokey, prison, quod, slammer, stir,
surface cooler, ventilator, water cooler, wine cooler