# cooling

Pronunciation: say "KOO-ling" US /ˈkulɪŋ/, UK /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of cool. — present participle and gerund of cool
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of cool. Use it when something is getting less hot, or as the name of that action.
   - _The lava is slowly cooling into solid rock._
   - _Engineers spent the night cooling the overheated reactor._

## Adjective

2. Having the effect of lowering temperature or making something feel less hot.
   - Simple: Making something cooler or less hot.
   - _The cooling effect of the fan made the room bearable._
   - _Menthol gives the ointment its cooling sensation._
5. In traditional Chinese medicine, said of a food or medicine that serves to cool or calm the body.
   - Simple: In Chinese medicine, describing food or medicine that cools or calms the body.
   - _In summer, many families eat cooling foods like watermelon and mung beans._
   - _The herbalist recommended a cooling soup to balance his diet._

## Noun

3. A decrease in the temperature of something.
   - Simple: A drop in temperature, when something becomes less hot.
   - _Forecasters predicted a sharp cooling over the weekend._
   - _The rapid cooling of the rock left visible fractures._
4. The keeping of food or goods cold, as by refrigeration.
   - Simple: Keeping food or other things cold so they do not go bad.
   - _Modern food storage depends on reliable cooling throughout the supply chain._
   - _The plant lost power, and cooling failed across all the storage units._

## Origin

Formed from the word "cool" combined with the suffix "-ing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cooling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).