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# cooler

«cooler» in Mova's school dictionary: **more cool: a little colder, or (slang) more stylish or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cooler means more cool: a little colder, or (slang) more stylish or exciting. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#m3)

4) (slang, old) The cooler is prison or a cell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x1)
- Tomorrow will be cooler, about 15 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x2)
- Pack the sandwiches and juice in the cooler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x3)
- We chatted by the water cooler at the sports centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x4)
- Your new trainers are way cooler than mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/#x5)
- The computer needs a better cooler or it gets too hot. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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».

### In the corpora

- [Warmer sand gives more girl hatchlings and cooler sand more boys, and bright beach lights can lead hatchlings the wrong way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/31-turtles-and-tortoises/13/)
- [Theo thought playing in the pitch dark was cooler, like a cinema.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/7/)
- [Water warms up and cools down more slowly than land, so places by the sea have milder winters and cooler summers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cooler» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.