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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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Sunday temperature drops A cold front moves into the Kansas City metro Sunday, bringing a noticeable shift in temperatures 30 degrees cooler in just one day.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
Tuesday will be a little cooler with temperatures closer to 50°.
—Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Two dead roaches went legs up in front of a hallway glass cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
That’s exactly what Italian architect and interior designer Fabrizio Casiraghi set out to change—drawing in a quieter, cooler demographic to this side of town.
—Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2026
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
Tuesday will be a little cooler with temperatures closer to 50°.
—Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Two dead roaches went legs up in front of a hallway glass cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
That’s exactly what Italian architect and interior designer Fabrizio Casiraghi set out to change—drawing in a quieter, cooler demographic to this side of town.
—Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2026
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 28 Mar. 2026.
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cooler
noun
cool·er
ˈkü-lər 
: a container for keeping food or drink cool
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