How do you pronounce cooling?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkulɪŋ/.

cooling

/ˈkulɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: cool-ing
IPA: /ˈkulɪŋ/

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Meaning

adj

That cools.

adj

Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.

noun

A decrease in temperature.

Countable

noun

Refrigeration.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of cool

Example Sentences

"Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"

Etymology

By surface analysis, cool + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkulɪŋ/
British English: /ˈkuːlɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more cooling (comparative) most cooling (superlative) coolings (plural)

Derived Forms

aftercooling coolingly cryocooling decooling overcooling subcooling telecooling

Phrases

cooling board cooling center cooling curve cooling glass cooling glasses cooling-off period cooling pond cooling rack

Synonyms

frigorific cooling system chilling temperature reduction

Antonyms

heaty

Rhymes With

ruling schooling fooling fueling drooling pooling tooling dueling fuelling retooling huling dooling