- a device, container, or room for cooling things or keeping them cool
- anything that cools
- a cold, refreshing drink, sometimes containing wine or other alcohol
- Slang jail: with the
cooler
cool·erWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"cooler." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler>.
APA Style
cooler. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler
cooler
noun
- A device, container, or room that cools or keeps cool.
- A cold drink, usually carbonated, fruit-flavored, and containing wine or other alcoholic ingredients. Also called wine cooler .
- Slang A jail.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"cooler." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler>.
APA Style
cooler. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural coolers)
- (countable) anything which cools
- (countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
- (US, countable or uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
- They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
- (US, slang) a prison
- "About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
- (poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"cooler." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler>.
APA Style
cooler. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler
cooler - Computer Definition
See CPU cooler and notebook cooler.
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher. © 1981-2017 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"cooler." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler>.
APA Style
cooler. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/cooler
