Cooling

//ˈkuːlɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A decrease in temperature. countable
  2. 2
    a mechanism for keeping something cool wordnet
  3. 3
    Refrigeration. uncountable
  4. 4
    the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cool form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That cools.
  2. 2
    Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.

    "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
air conditioningarrestcheckcheeseparingchillingconstraint

Example

More examples

"Autumn is just around the corner. It's about time the weather started cooling off."

Etymology

By surface analysis, cool + -ing.

Related phrases

Peltier coolingSisyphus coolingadiabatic coolingcooling boardcooling centercooling curvecooling glassescooling plantcooling pondcooling rackcooling sheltercooling station

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