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coolchest

noun

Etymology

From cool + chest. Compare West Frisian kuolkast and Dutch koelkast (literally “cool-chest”), German Kühlschrank.

  1. derived from κίστη — “chest, box, basket, hamper”
  2. derived from cista
  3. inherited from *kistu✻
  4. inherited from ċest
  5. inherited from cheste
  6. compounded as coolchest — “cool + chest”

Definitions

  1. A chest or compartment for keeping food cold

    A chest or compartment for keeping food cold; refrigerator

    • Beside the tent mast stood a low couch and a table supporting a coolchest and bottles of drink.
    • Finally he took me up some rickety steps into a men's dosshouse where cell-like rooms led off a passageway equipped with a washbasin and a coolchest of cans of Coke.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA