wine cooler

noun

a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.

a drink made of wine, fruit juice, carbonated water, and sometimes other flavorings.

Words nearby wine cooler

wine, wine and dine, wine bar, wine box, wine cellar, wine cooler, wine gallon, wine grower, wine palm, wine press, wine steward

Origin of wine cooler

First recorded in 1805–15

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Examples from the Web for wine cooler

The psykter, or wine-cooler, was a double-walled vessel of the amphora type, rotund in shape.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
Obtaining a wine-cooler, he had it filled with hot water and, placing the bottle of champagne in it, hurried back to the customer.
Adventures of Bindle|Herbert George Jenkins
The table was laid and there were flowers on it and a few pints of Heidsieck in a wine-cooler.
Old People and the Things That Pass|Louis Couperus
On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine-cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old.
Familiar Quotations|John Bartlett

At that moment the superintendent discovered the wine-cooler full of hot water.
Adventures of Bindle|Herbert George Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for wine cooler

wine cooler

noun

a bucket-like vessel containing ice in which a bottle of wine is placed to be cooled

the full name for cooler (def. 3)

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