wine cooler

American  

noun

1. a bucket for holding ice to chill a bottle of wine.

2. a drink made of wine, fruit juice, carbonated water, and sometimes other flavorings.

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wine cooler British  

noun

1. a bucket-like vessel containing ice in which a bottle of wine is placed to be cooled

2. the full name for cooler

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Etymology

Origin of wine cooler

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

“One day, they invited us to their house and we’re drinking these berry wine coolers,” she told Glamour UK.

From Los Angeles Times

Some fads fade away slowly, like wine coolers or molecular gastronomy.

From New York Times

And they displayed heritage mums in places guests might not expect to see them — inside tall, stemmed glasses, for example, and mixed with white pine branches in a wine cooler.

From Seattle Times

Her single’s pad has a dancing pole where she does her favorite workout, a wine cooler to keep drinks at peak freshness and a pillow for her foster dog, Jinga.

From Washington Post

Producers of wine coolers — which are typically a mix of white wine, fruit flavoring and occasionally additional sweeteners and carbonation — shifted to formulating drinks with malt, which is much cheaper.

From Salon