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: an iced drink usually with an alcoholic beverage as a base
Examples of cooler in a Sentence
The sodas are in the cooler.
plea-bargained to avoid spending time in the cooler
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Bare root plants can be held by suppliers in coolers to extend the planting window in spring, but summer is not a good time for installing bare root plants.
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Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Three live roaches were behind another flip-top cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Inspectors found old food debris inside the lowboy unit of the main prep cooler, on the floor surrounding the prep area, in the dry storage unit and behind the stove.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And this summer, says Anderson, the portable bottles, which go for $5 apiece, have been flying out of the coolers.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
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Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Three live roaches were behind another flip-top cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
Inspectors found old food debris inside the lowboy unit of the main prep cooler, on the floor surrounding the prep area, in the dry storage unit and behind the stove.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And this summer, says Anderson, the portable bottles, which go for $5 apiece, have been flying out of the coolers.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cooler
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooler. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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cooler
noun
cool·er
ˈkü-lər 
: a container for keeping food or drink cool
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