cool

Other spellings

• (nonstandard slang) kewl

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͞ol, IPA ^(key): /kuːl/
• SAMPA: /ku:l/

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Adjective

Positive cool

Comparative cooler

Superlative coolest

1. If something is cool, its temperature is between warm and cold.

   It's hard to keep the house nice and cool on a hot summer's day.

   The air was cool, so he put on his jacket.

2. If you say something is cool you mean it is good and you like it.

   That's a really cool cell phone! Where did you get it?

   Wow, your computer looks cool!

3. Someone who is cool is admired by others, someone of notably high social status.

   Jeffrey is the coolest guy in town.

Verb

Plain form cool

Third-person singular cools

Past tense cooled

Past participle cooled

Present participle cooling

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you cool something, you decrease the temperature.

   Blow on the coffee to cool it off.

2. (transitive & intransitive) If something cools, its temperature decreases.

   The soup was too hot, so he waited for it to cool a little.