cooler

Etymology

cool + -er

noun

1. Anything which cools.
2. An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
3. A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
4. (Canada, South Africa, countable or uncountable) A type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.
   They served wine coolers in the afternoon.
5. (Philippines, countable) samalamig
6. (US, slang) A prison.
   About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap. 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
7. (US, slang) A bouncer or doorman.
8. (poker, gambling, colloquial) A cold deck.

adj

1. comparative form of cool: more cool
   He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.