Cooler vs Refrigerator - What's the difference?
cooler | refrigerator |
(countable) anything which cools
(countable) an insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping
(US, countable, or, uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
(US, slang) a prison
(poker, colloquial) A cold deck.
(countable) a bouncer or door man
(cool)
A household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge ).
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One who has a chilling influence.
* Charles Dickens, Bleak House
As nouns the difference between cooler and refrigerator
is that cooler is anything which cools while refrigerator is a household appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).As an adjective cooler
is comparative of cool.cooler
English
Noun
- If acid things were used only as coolers , they would not be so proper in this case. — Arbuthnot.
- They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
- "About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
Synonyms
* car fridge * cool bag, cool box (UK) * chilly bin (New Zealand) * esky (Australia) * ice chest * bouncerAdjective
(head)- He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.
Derived terms
* cooler heads will prevailAnagrams
* ----refrigerator
English
Noun
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- in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator .