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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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In either case, this rolling cooler is always with us.
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Our morning breakfast routine included huddling around the cooler and rehashing the previous night over coffee.
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Some food items in a freezer and coolers were uncovered.
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Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
In either case, this rolling cooler is always with us.
—Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Our morning breakfast routine included huddling around the cooler and rehashing the previous night over coffee.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
Some food items in a freezer and coolers were uncovered.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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cooler
noun
cool·er
ˈkü-lər 
: a container for keeping food or drink cool
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