cooling

Making something less hot.

• A cooling breeze blew through the window.
• The machine has a cooling fan.
• This gel has a cooling effect on the skin.

Similar words: refreshing

Opposites: warming, heating

Common phrases: cooling breeze, cooling fan, cooling effect

Describing food or medicine believed in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce heat or excitement in the body.

• The practitioner recommended cooling foods.
• Watermelon is considered cooling in traditional Chinese medicine.
• She chose herbs described as cooling.

Common phrases: cooling foods, cooling herbs, cooling properties

The process of becoming less hot.

• Cooling takes about an hour.
• The metal cracked during rapid cooling.
• Scientists measured the cooling of the ocean surface.

How to use it: cooling of something (Rapid cooling of the glass can cause cracks.)

Opposites: warming, heating

Common phrases: rapid cooling, gradual cooling, cooling of something

Keeping food or other things cold using a machine.

• The cooling system needs electricity.
• Proper cooling keeps milk fresh.
• The shop lost all cooling when the power failed.

Similar words: refrigeration

Common phrases: food cooling, cooling system, cooling unit