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cooled

/kuːld/US/kuld/

cooled adjective: brought to a lower temperature. Also the simple past and past participle of cool.

Adjective

cooled

  1. Brought to a lower temperature.
    • Set one of the cooled cakes, with its top side down, on a cake stand or plate […].2010, Nigella Lawson, nigella.com, archived from the original on 29 May 2023
  2. With a descriptive word: brought to a lower temperature by means of.
    • a water-cooled engine
  3. (figuratively) Brought to a reduced degree of anger or fervour.

Also used as

cooled is also the simple past and past participle of cool.

Origin of cooled

From cool + -ed.

Words formed from cooled

Phrases with cooled

Words that rhyme with cooled

Questions about cooled

What does cooled mean?
Cooled means brought to a lower temperature.
What part of speech is cooled?
Cooled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cooled?
Cooled is pronounced /kuːld/ (UK).

Words near cooled in the dictionary

  1. cooldowns
  2. cooldrink
  3. cooldrinks
  4. coole
  5. Coolea
  6. cooled
  7. cooled down
  8. cooled off
  9. cooled one's heels
  10. cooled one's jets
  11. cooled out

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