cooling

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/ˈkuːlɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To lose heat, to get colder.“I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.”
To make cooler, less warm.
To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.“Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.”
To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

noun

A decrease in temperature.
Refrigeration.

adjective

That cools.
(Asian English). Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.

Related words

Synonyms

frigorific chilling caller cooling system temperature reduction algefacient refrigerate cold chill refrigeration refrigerant refrigerator chiller coolant quenching air-conditioning vent

Antonyms

Associated

condenser exchanger radiator chilled airflow evaporation heating condensation reactor thermal

Rhymes

grueling mewling ridiculing ruling puling pooling dueling drooling spooling schooling

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