COOLING SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cooling system mean? 

• COOLING SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun COOLING SYSTEM has 2 senses:

1. equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine

2. a mechanism for keeping something cool

  Familiarity information: COOLING SYSTEM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOLING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cooling system; engine cooling system

Hypernyms ("cooling system" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Meronyms (parts of "cooling system"):

fan (a device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces)

fan belt (a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator)

pump (a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction)

radiator (a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan)

radiator hose (a flexible hose between the radiator and the engine block)

thermoregulator; thermostat (a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat)

Holonyms ("cooling system" is a part of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mechanism for keeping something cool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cooling; cooling system

Context example:

the cooling was overhead fans

Hypernyms ("cooling system" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Meronyms (parts of "cooling system"):

water pump (the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cooling system"):

air conditioner; air conditioning (a system that keeps air cool and dry)

coolant system (a cooling system that uses a fluid to transfer heat from one place to another)

cooling tower (a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant)

evaporative cooler (a cooling system that cools by evaporation)

refrigeration system (a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes))

 Context examples 

A device designed either to drive a volatile solvent from a material or to cause vaporization within a heating/cooling system.

(Evaporator Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)