wine cooler
Americannoun
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a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.
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a drink made of wine, fruit juice, carbonated water, and sometimes other flavorings.
noun
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a bucket-like vessel containing ice in which a bottle of wine is placed to be cooled
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the full name for cooler
Etymology
Origin of wine cooler
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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And they displayed heritage mums in places guests might not expect to see them — inside tall, stemmed glasses, for example, and mixed with white pine branches in a wine cooler.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022
The main level also holds an indoor-outdoor dining room, wine cooler, movie theater and kitchen with two islands.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022
I think of home, appropriately, as a large wine cooler.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2022
What she had was a bottle of cheap Lambrusco: fizzy, cloying, and about on par with a wine cooler as far as complexity of flavor goes.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2021
The sideboards were either large side-tables, or a species of side-table built in niches, with a fountain between them which was used as a wine cooler.
From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot
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