Cooler
['kuːlə] or ['kulɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a refrigerator for cooling liquids.
(noun.) a cell for violent prisoners.
(noun.) an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice.
Inputed by Edgar--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
(n.) Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
Typed by Barnaby
Examples
- Now that he had reached a cooler moment he would have preferred a less hasty marriage; but the card was laid, and he determined to abide by the game. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The breeze came in through the window and it was cooler with the evening. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Have games till it's cooler. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Though that wouldn't quite do,' he considered, growing cooler as he got away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Moist phases mean, on the other hand, cooler days and warmer nights. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And my head is much better and cooler, and I am quite comfortable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He wanted something clearer, more open, cooler, as it were. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Tears of temperature one degree cooler than those I shed would only have amused Dr. John. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let us go to the lake--we may find it cooler in the open space than we find it here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He put the phial out of sight, and carried the brandy-bottle down-stairs with him, locking it again in the wine-cooler. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It's much cooler. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now I am cooler. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You're not so hurried now, Rachael, and your hand is cooler. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- You will soon be cooler, if you sit still, said Emma. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They will be angry, he added, after a moment's silence, and in a cooler tone; Mrs. Rushworth will be very angry. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- There have been over 2,700 patents granted for churns alone, and besides these there are milk coolers, cheese presses, milk skimmers, and even cow milkers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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