English Online Dictionary. What means cooling? What does cooling mean?
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, cool + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːlɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -uːlɪŋ
Verb
cooling
- present participle and gerund of cool
Noun
cooling (countable and uncountable, plural coolings)
- A decrease in temperature.
- Refrigeration.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
cooling (comparative more cooling, superlative most cooling)
- That cools.
- (Asian English). Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.
Synonyms
- (that cools): frigorific
- (serving to cool or calm the body):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “serving to cool or calm the body”): heaty
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “cooling”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- locoing