cooler
US /ˈkulɚ/
Definition
a refrigerator for cooling liquids
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
We packed drinks and sandwiches in a cooler for the company picnic.
Word Family
Synonyms
- ice chesthaving a meaning similar to cooler
- iceboxwhite goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
Collocations
- Easy water coolerto water cooler, meaning to supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
- Medium portable beverage coolerdescribing portable beverage cooler (a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried)
- Hard evaporative air coolerdescribing evaporative air cooler (relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation)
- Very Hard gather around the water coolerto gather around the water cooler, meaning to assemble or get together
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