cooler
an air conditioner.
a tall drink, consisting of liquor, soda, and a fruit garnish.
the cooler, Slang. jail: He was in the cooler for three months for petty theft.
Ice Hockey Slang. penalty box.
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They can be worn under heavier coats for extreme cold, or worn on their own on cooler weather days.
Best heated vest: Beat the cold weather with the right winter gear | PopSci Commerce Team | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe trend, starting tomorrow, is for cooler and cooler days ahead, along with just a bit less breeze.
D.C.-area forecast: Turning warmer and breezy today. Snow chances rise Saturday night into Sunday. | A. Camden Walker | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIf you’re doing calculations, you may even want to aim for a water temperature that will get you slightly above the desired dough temperature initially, Philip says, because the dough will start to lose heat in a cooler environment.
How to help your dough rise to the occasion in winter | Becky Krystal | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostWhile you may not worry so much about an actual cooler if you live in a cold climate, you’ll still want to ensure that drinks are easy to come by for everyone.
Backyard party essentials: Outdoor Super Bowl party ideas for 2021 | PopSci Commerce Team | January 30, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAs shown in the chart below, strong El Niño years tend to be associated with warm records, while the cycle's opposing conditions, called La Niña, are typically associated with cooler conditions.
If 2014 was any indication, the coming TV schedule is sure to be filled with plenty of water-cooler shows.
We were able, hopefully, to educate those policy makers… As of December of this year, cooler heads have prevailed.
SWAT Lobby Shoots to Kill Police Reform After Ferguson | Tim Mak | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome, like Norman Mailer, adopted the cooler pose of being casually interested in the possibility.
A bottle of locally brewed liquor chills in a water cooler in the corner, a Pepsi bottle next to it for mixing.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan | Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“My ideal is that this conversation happens at the water cooler,” Tambor says.
Jeffrey Tambor Is One Helluva Woman: Inside His Phenomenal Turn in ‘Transparent’ | Kevin Fallon | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you use it wisely, it may be Ulysses' hauberk; if you reject it, the shirt of Nessus were a cooler winding-sheet!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterSay, old-timer, is it right about Mac losing his stripes and getting thirty days in the cooler?
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairA cool head, his; never a cooler brought thought to bear upon perplexity; nevertheless it was not feeling very collected now.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodDonald has a still cooler head than his neighbour John Bull, and that is saying a good deal.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellLifted upward, the air as it ascends the slopes is brought into cooler and more rarefied conditions.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
British Dictionary definitions for cooler
/ (ˈkuːlə) /
a container, vessel, or apparatus for cooling, such as a heat exchanger
a slang word for prison
a drink consisting of wine, fruit juice, and carbonated water
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