cool : Idioms & Phrases
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air-cool
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verb equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature
air-condition; air-cool.
- Our house is not air-conditioned
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air-cooled
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verb equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature
air-condition; air-cool.
- Our house is not air-conditioned
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adjective satellite cooled by a flow of air
- an air-cooled engine
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cool down
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verb make cool or cooler
chill; cool.
- Chill the food
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verb lose intensity
cool down; cool.
- His enthusiasm cooled considerably
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verb loose heat
chill; cool.
- The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
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cool it
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verb become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
calm; calm down; simmer down; cool it; chill out; settle down.
- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
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cool jazz
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noun jazz that is restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat
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cool off
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verb become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
calm; calm down; simmer down; cool it; chill out; settle down.
- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
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verb lose intensity
cool down; cool.
- His enthusiasm cooled considerably
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verb feel less enamoured of something or somebody
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cool one's heels
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verb wait or pass the time aimlessly or futilely; be kept waiting
kick one's heels.
- She kicked her heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy
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cool-headed
Cool"-head`ed adjective
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Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. --Cool"-head`ed*ness , n.
Webster 1913
cool-white
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adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
bluish-white; blue-white.
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cooling system
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noun equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine
cooling system.
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noun a mechanism for keeping something cool
cooling.
- the cooling was overhead fans
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cooling tower
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noun a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant
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engine cooling system
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noun equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine
cooling system.
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evaporative cooler
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noun a cooling system that cools by evaporation
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gas-cooled reactor
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noun a nuclear reactor using gas as a coolant
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To cool the heels
- to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. Colloq.
Webster 1913
water cooler
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noun a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water
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water-cooled
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adjective satellite kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water
- a water-cooled engine
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water-cooled reactor
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noun nuclear reactor using water as a coolant
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Wine cooler
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noun a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
wine bucket.
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- a vessel of porous earthenware used to cool wine by the evaporation of water; also, a stand for wine bottles, containing ice.