# cooled

/ˈkuɫd/ (US) · /kˈuːld/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/cooled
Updated: 2026-06-20

## Senses

### 2. became less angry

verb · CEFR B2

to have become less excited, angry, or interested.

For teachers: to have experienced a reduction in emotional intensity or enthusiasm.

- After their big argument, their friendship cooled for several months.
- Initial enthusiasm for the project cooled significantly once the board members reviewed the projected long-term maintenance costs.

### 3. at a lower temperature

adjective · CEFR B1

describes something that has been made cold or less warm.

For teachers: describes a state of reduced temperature, often following a deliberate process of refrigeration or ventilation.

- The server brought us two glasses of cooled water with lemon.
- The facility uses a system of water-cooled pipes to prevent the massive server racks from overheating during peak processing hours.

## Examples

- The soup cooled on the table while we talked.
- After the heated argument, they both took a walk until their tempers had cooled.
- The rapid expansion of the universe caused the primordial plasma to reach a state where stable atoms could finally form as the system cooled.

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