cooler

cooler
    n 1: a refrigerator for cooling liquids [syn: {cooler}, {ice
         chest}]
    2: an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice
    3: a cell for violent prisoners [syn: {cooler}, {tank}]
    

Cool \Cool\, a. [Compar. {Cooler}; superl. {Coolest}.] [AS.
   c[=o]l; akin to D. koel, G. k["u]hl, OHG. chouli, Dan.
   k["o]lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel.
   kala. See {Cold}, and cf. {Chill}.]
   1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth;
      producing or promoting coolness.
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            Fanned with cool winds.               --Milton.
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   2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty;
      deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed;
      dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool
      debater.
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            For a patriot, too cool.              --Goldsmith.
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   3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
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   4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as,
      a cool manner.
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   5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of
      minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully;
      presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
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            Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
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   6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money,
      commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the
      amount.
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            He had lost a cool hundred.           --Fielding.
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            Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
                                                  --Dickens.

   Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed;
        repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.
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Cooler \Cool"er\, n.
   That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
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         If acid things were used only as coolers, they would
         not be so proper in this case.           --Arbuthnot.
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   2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are
      cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.
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   3. An alcoholic beverage containing liquor or wine plus a
      carbonated beverage, usually served with ice.
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   4. jail; -- usually used in the form the cooler. [slang]
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   4. an air conditioner.
      [PJC] cool-headed
    

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cooler":
      air cooler, calaboose, can, chiller, chokey, clink, cold pack,
      coop, fan, hoosegow, ice bag, ice bucket, ice cube, ice pack,
      ice pail, jug, lockup, pokey, prison, quod, slammer, stir,
      surface cooler, ventilator, water cooler, wine cooler