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# cooler

noun (a cooler, coolers); adjective (cooler — the comparative of cool)

«cooler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cooler means more cool: a little colder, or (slang) more stylish or exciting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#m1)
2. A cooler is a box or bag that keeps food and drinks cold, especially on picnics (also «cool box» in the UK, «esky» in Australia). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#m2)
3. A cooler is a machine or part that cools something, like a water cooler or a computer fan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#m3)
4. (slang, old) The cooler is prison or a cell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science and weather, «cooler» compares temperatures: cooler in the shade, cooler at night. In everyday talk, «cooler» compares how fashionable things are. On a picnic or a trip to the beach, the cooler holds the drinks. In older films, «put in the cooler» means locked up.

### Examples

- It is cooler in the shade than in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x1)
- Tomorrow will be cooler, about 15 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x2)
- Pack the sandwiches and juice in the cooler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x3)
- We chatted by the water cooler at the sports centre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x4)
- Your new trainers are way cooler than mine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x5)
- The computer needs a better cooler or it gets too hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x6)
- In the old film, the gangster spent a night in the cooler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x7)
- At last it began to grow dusk, and the sun sank behind the mountains; gradually it became cooler on the hill, and the grass grew wet with dew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x8)

### Note

Comparative: cool, cooler, coolest. As a noun it is countable: two coolers. In a maths problem, «5 degrees cooler» means subtract 5 from the temperature. In the UK the box is usually a «cool box» or «cool bag».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cooler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cooler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cooler.html) on Mova free.