The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COOLER
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What does COOLER mean?
COOLER adjective- Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
- Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
- Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
- Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
- Calmly audacious.
- Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
- Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
- In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
- Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
- Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.
- Quietly impudent, defiant, or selfish; deliberately presuming: said of persons and acts.
- Anything which cools.
- An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.
- A device for refrigerating dead bodies in a morgue.
- A mixed drink, especially one served chilled.
- A prison.
- A cold deck.
- A bouncer or doorman.