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word cool
definition
adjective
Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
I felt a current of cool air.
The water was slightly cooler than a child's bath.
The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators.
His knees felt the coolness of the tiled floor.
If it is cool, or if a place is cool, the temperature of the air is low but not very low.
Thank goodness it's cool in here.
Store grains and cereals in a cool, dry place.
...a cool November evening.
She walked into the cool of the hallway.
Soon we left the coolness of the olive groves.
Clothing that is cool is made of thin material so that you do not become too hot in hot weather .
In warm weather, you should wear clothing that is cool and comfortable.
Cool colours are light colours which give an impression of coolness.
Choose a cool colour such as cream.
The drawing-room was a cool silver green.
If you say that a person or their behaviour is cool, you mean that they are calm and unemotional, especially in a difficult situation.
He was marvellously cool again, smiling as if nothing had happened.
At that, Reno lost her cool composure.
Everyone must think this situation through calmly and coolly.
...coolly 'objective' professionals.
Detectives praised him for his coolness.
If you say that a person or their behaviour is cool, you mean that they are unfriendly or not enthusiastic .
I didn't like him at all. I thought he was cool, aloof, and arrogant.
The idea met with a cool response.
He was given a cool reception.
'It's your choice, Nina,' David said coolly.
She seemed quite unaware of the sudden coolness of her friend's manner.
If you say that a person or their behaviour is cool, you mean that they are fashionable and attractive .
He was trying to be really cool and trendy.
...some 15-year-old kid who thinks it's cool to do heroin.
If you say that someone is cool about something, you mean that they accept it and are not angry or upset about it.
Bev was really cool about it all.
If you say that something is cool, you think it is very good.
Kathleen gave me a really cool dress.
You can use cool to emphasize that an amount or figure is very large, especially when it has been obtained easily .
Columbia recently re-signed the band for a cool $30 million.
verb
When something cools or when you cool it, it becomes lower in temperature.
Drain the meat and allow it to cool.
Huge fans will have to cool the concrete floor to keep it below 150 degrees.
...a cooling breeze.
Avoid putting your car away until the engine has cooled down.
The other main way the body cools itself down is by panting.
Being immobile in a cold room leads to a cooling of the body temperature.
When a feeling or emotion cools, or when you cool it, it becomes less powerful .
Within a few minutes tempers had cooled.
His weird behaviour had cooled her passion.
inflections coolercoolestcoolscoolingcooledcoolnesscoolnesscoolingcoollycoolnesscoollycoolness
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