English Explanatory Dictionary

cooling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That cools.
  2. Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.
noun
  1. A decrease in temperature.
  2. Refrigeration.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cool

Pronunciation

/ˈkuːlɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cooling.wav /ˈkulɪŋ/

Word forms

cooling more cooling most cooling coolings

Etymology

By surface analysis, cool + -ing.

Synonyms

frigorific

Antonyms

heaty

Derived words

cooling board cooling center cooling curve cooling glasses cooling-off period cooling pond cooling rack cooling shelter cooling station cooling tower cooling water adiabatic cooling aftercooling coolingly cooling plant cooling time cryocooling decooling district cooling dynamic cooling evaporative cooling expansion cooling free-cooling global cooling heroic cooling house cooling party laser cooling lubro-cooling overcooling Peltier cooling Sisyphus cooling subcooling telecooling
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