cool
Of a mildly low temperature.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of a mildly low temperature.
“I like cool weather the most 'cause it's not too hot to wear a jacket but I won't be too cold in my shorts.”
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
“Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.”
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
“If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.”
Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
“Be cool. There's no need to panic.”
Noun 3 meanings
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
“in the cool of the morning”
A calm temperament.
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
Etymology
From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”).
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COOL at a glance
COOL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + O 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #697 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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