Synonyms

air-cool

American

[air-kool] / ˈɛərˌkul /

verb (used with object)

Machinery. to remove the heat of combustion, friction, etc., from (a machine, engine, or device), as by air streams flowing over an engine jacket.
to cool by means of air conditioning.

air-cool British

verb

(tr) to cool (an engine) by a flow of air Compare water-cool

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Other Word Forms

air-cooled

adjective

Etymology

Origin of air-cool

First recorded in 1895–1900

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