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
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
He leaned against the wine cooler, keeping his hands back from the hubbub of the working kitchen, and drew a diagram in a notebook he’d been keeping throughout his preparation.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
By his side is placed a table, with the relics of a luxurious enjoyment, while a washing tub as a wine cooler, contains, under the table, Hock, Champagne, Burgundy, and a Pine.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828 by Various
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