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swamp cooler

swamp cooler noun: synonym of evaporative cooler.

Noun

swamp cooler (plural swamp coolers)

  1. (US, informal) Synonym of evaporative cooler.
    • Kind of like sitting five feet away from a swamp cooler on a hot day: you feel something approximating a breeze and maybe it’s even cool, but mostly you just end up frustrated and sticky.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 170

Synonyms of swamp cooler

Forms of swamp cooler

pluralswamp coolers

Origin of swamp cooler

See swamp + cooler.

Questions about swamp cooler

What does swamp cooler mean?
Swamp cooler means synonym of evaporative cooler.
What part of speech is swamp cooler?
Swamp cooler is a noun.
What is the plural of swamp cooler?
The plural of swamp cooler is swamp coolers.

Words near swamp cooler in the dictionary

  1. swamp cat
  2. swamp cats
  3. swamp chestnut oak
  4. swamp chestnut oaks
  5. swamp cicada
  6. swamp cooler
  7. swamp coolers
  8. swamp cottonwood
  9. swamp cottonwoods
  10. swamp crocodile
  11. swamp crocodiles

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