different between icebox vs cooler

English

Alternative forms

• ice-box

Etymology

From ice +? box.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???sb?ks/

Noun

icebox (plural iceboxes)

1. A box or compartment containing ice, typically used to keep provisions cool. [from 19th c.]
2. (Britain) A compartment in a refrigerator that is colder than the rest of the refrigerator and is used as a freezer.
3. (US, dated) A refrigerator. [from 20th c.]
4. (US, slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 53:

     ‘The sister ran after them and brought them back and had Owen heaved into the icebox.’

5. (US, slang) A morgue.

Translations

Synonyms

• cool box
• cooler
• coolbox
• chilly bin (New Zealand)
• esky (Australia)

Further reading

• icebox on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

icebox (not comparable)

1. agreeable, awesome. (as a superlative of cool)

   • BALOWSKI: Yes, that's absolutely icebox! See you later, Ford Anglia!

English

Etymology

cool +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ku?l.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -u?l?(r)

Noun

cooler (countable and uncountable, plural coolers)

1. (countable) Anything which cools.
   • 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments

     If acid Things were used only as Coolers, they would not be so proper in this Case.

2. (countable) 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. (US, countable or uncountable) A mixed drink, especially one served chilled.

   They served wine coolers in the afternoon.

5. (US, slang) A prison.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     About a year or so back we had him in the cooler on a Mann Act rap.

6. (poker, gambling, colloquial, countable) A cold deck.
7. (countable) A bouncer or doorman.

Synonyms

• (insulated box)
  • car fridge
  • cool bag, cool box (UK)
  • chilly bin (New Zealand)
  • esky (Australia)
  • ice chest

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative form of cool: more cool

   He looks cooler when he's dressed in shorts.

Derived terms

• cooler heads will prevail

Anagrams

• recool

Finnish

Noun

cooler

1. cooler (chilled mixed drink)

Declension

German

Adjective

cooler

1. comparative degree of cool

Adjective

cooler

1. inflection of cool:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural