coolers

Noun

cooler (plural coolers)

1. Anything which cools.
   • If acid Things were used only as Coolers, they would not be so proper in this Case.1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC
2. An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
   • While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.2007 January 1, Karen Crouse, “With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms:

   car fridge, cool bag, cool box, chilly bin, esky, ice chest

3. A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
   • He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.2008 June 15, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Up in Smoke”, in The New York Times
4. (Canada, South Africa, countable, uncountable) A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.
   • They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
5. (Philippines, countable) samalamig drink (sweet chilled beverage, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with either shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)
6. (US, slang) A prison.
   • About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

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