cooler
/ˈkuːlə
/noun
1A container for keeping food or bottles cool.Fans were prohibited from bringing items such as camcorders, beach balls, frisbees, containers of any type, coolers, bottles, cans, cameras, binocular cases and horns....
- Some ideas can be cooking supplies, coolers for foods and beverages, sleeping bags, replacement tents or repair kits for them.
- Some passengers came aboard with coolers and bags of food, but we preferred the experience of the dining car.
2North American A refrigerator.Purchases included a refrigerated truck, walk-in coolers, a commercial-grade salad spinner and other equipment....
- She now takes charge of setting up three refrigerated coolers.
- If power outages typically only last a couple of hours, then powering the walk-in cooler and freezer will probably not be necessary.
3chiefly North American A long drink, especially a mixture of wine, fruit juice, and soda water.Cafeterias on northern routes also have Class B liquor licences, which serve wine, beer and coolers....
- ‘And stop me if I drink more than three coolers,’ she said.
- Wine coolers have declined and continue to decline.
4 (the cooler) informal Prison or a prison cell: the cooler was a dark, claustrophobic room...
- They are sent to the cooler for 20 days.
- They get caught and are sent back to the cooler.
