Definitions

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  • noun chemistry An item of laboratory equipment. A large cupboard, or room kept at a temperature lower than room temperature for long term, stable storage.
  • noun An item of restaurant equipment. A large cupboard, or room kept at a temperature lower than room temperature for long term, stable storage of perishable foods.

Etymologies

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From cool +‎ room.

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Examples

  • I miss that pleasure of working in bars - stale cigarettes and crisp coolroom beers that have been chilling for seven days at seven o'clock on a Sunday morning.

    The Nervous Breakdown 2010

  • I remember those white marble stairs and coolroom beers!

    The Nervous Breakdown 2010

  • Now—get those to the coolroom and stop wasting time.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Chief cook tr'Aimne, heading for the coolroom with a basket of prepared meatrolls, paused in her office doorway to look at her as if she had lost her mind.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Now—get those to the coolroom and stop wasting time.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Now—get those to the coolroom and stop wasting time.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Now—get those to the coolroom and stop wasting time.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Chief cook tr'Aimne, heading for the coolroom with a basket of prepared meatrolls, paused in her office doorway to look at her as if she had lost her mind.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Now—get those to the coolroom and stop wasting time.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • "Us can't go back to the 'coolroom," said Baby; "Denny won't let dear Minet come there, and him must stay wif Minet, 'cos her waked up when him called her."

    The Adventures of Herr Baby 1908

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