wine cooler


noun
  1. a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.

  2. a drink made of wine, fruit juice, carbonated water, and sometimes other flavorings.

Origin of wine cooler

1
First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use wine cooler in a sentence

  • I tried beer in high school, before discovering Zima, a sweet and bubbly malt-liquor/wine-cooler hybrid that tasted like Sprite.

  • Come along, Verlinda; I promised to show you that old wine-cooler we were talking about the other day.

    Talbot's Angles | Amy E. Blanchard
  • On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine-cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old.

    Familiar Quotations | John Bartlett
  • Placing the wine-cooler on a service-table, he left it for a few minutes, whilst he laid covers for the new arrivals.

    Adventures of Bindle | Herbert George Jenkins
  • Obtaining a wine-cooler, he had it filled with hot water and, placing the bottle of champagne in it, hurried back to the customer.

    Adventures of Bindle | Herbert George Jenkins
  • At that moment the superintendent discovered the wine-cooler full of hot water.

    Adventures of Bindle | Herbert George Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for wine cooler

wine cooler

noun
  1. a bucket-like vessel containing ice in which a bottle of wine is placed to be cooled

  2. the full name for cooler (def. 3)

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