wine cooler

American  

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.

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wine cooler British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of wine cooler

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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

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

There’s a center-island chef’s kitchen, an open-concept dining area with a wine cooler, three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2020

There was a circular table within the kettle, around which sat the guests, each with a wine "cooler" at his side.

From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various