adj
Meaning 1
That cools.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frigorific
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cooling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkuːlɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈkulɪŋ/
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rhymes with -uːlɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K UW1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Asia
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: heaty
noun
Meaning 3
A decrease in temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Refrigeration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of cool
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a mechanism for keeping something cool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the cooling was overhead fans
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cooling system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanism
Narrower terms: air conditioner, air conditioning, coolant system, cooling tower, evaporative cooler, refrigeration system
noun
Meaning 7
the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chilling, temperature reduction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temperature change
Narrower terms: freeze, freezing, heat dissipation, refrigeration, infrigidation
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, cool + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: ахаладжа́льны (axaladžálʹny) — that cools
- Finnish: viilentävä — that cools
- Finnish: jäähdyttävä — that cools
- Hungarian: hűtő — that cools
- Hungarian: lehűtő — that cools
- Hungarian: hűsítő — that cools
- Hungarian: hűlő — that cools
- Hungarian: lehűlő — that cools
- Macedonian: разладен (razladen) — that cools
- Portuguese: refrigerante — that cools
- Russian: охлажда́ющий (oxlaždájuščij) — that cools
- Slovak: chladiaci — that cools
- Spanish: refrigerante — that cools
- Ukrainian: охоло́джувальний (oxolódžuvalʹnyj) — that cools
- Catalan: refredament — decrease in temperature
- Finnish: jäähtyminen — decrease in temperature
- Finnish: viilentyminen — decrease in temperature
- French: refroidissement — decrease in temperature
- Hungarian: hűlés — decrease in temperature
- Hungarian: lehűlés — decrease in temperature
- Irish: fuarú — decrease in temperature
- Italian: raffreddamento — decrease in temperature
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjøling — decrease in temperature
- Norwegian Bokmål: avkjøling — decrease in temperature
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøling — decrease in temperature
- Norwegian Nynorsk: avkjøling — decrease in temperature
- Polish: ochłodzenie — decrease in temperature
- Russian: похолода́ние (poxolodánije) — decrease in temperature
- Russian: охлажде́ние (oxlaždénije) — decrease in temperature
- Slovak: ochladenie — decrease in temperature
- Slovak: chladnutie — decrease in temperature
- Spanish: enfriamiento — decrease in temperature
- Belarusian: ахало́джванне (axalódžvannje) — refrigeration
- Belarusian: ахаладжэ́нне (axaladžénnje) — refrigeration
- Bulgarian: охлаждане (ohlaždane) — refrigeration
- Catalan: refredament — refrigeration
- Chinese Mandarin: 冷卻 /冷却 (lěngquè) — refrigeration
- Czech: chlazení — refrigeration
- Finnish: jäähdyttäminen — refrigeration
- Finnish: viilentäminen — refrigeration
- French: refroidissement — refrigeration
- German: Kühlung — refrigeration
- Hebrew: קירור (qirur) — refrigeration
- Hungarian: hűtés — refrigeration
- Hungarian: lehűtés — refrigeration
- Italian: raffreddamento — refrigeration
- Japanese: 冷却 (reikyaku) — refrigeration
- Korean: 냉각 (naenggak) — refrigeration
- Korean: 랭각 (raenggak) — refrigeration
- Macedonian: разладување (razladuvanje) — refrigeration
- Macedonian: ладење (ladenje) — refrigeration
- Polish: chłodzenie — refrigeration
- Portuguese: arrefecimento — refrigeration
- Portuguese: refrigeração — refrigeration
- Russian: охлажде́ние (oxlaždénije) — refrigeration
- Serbo-Croatian: хлађење — refrigeration
- Serbo-Croatian: hlađenje — refrigeration
- Slovak: chladenie — refrigeration
- Slovene: hlajenje — refrigeration
- Spanish: enfriamiento — refrigeration
- Swedish: avkylning — refrigeration
- Ukrainian: охоло́дження (oxolódžennja) — refrigeration
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