cool

/kuːl/ adjective

Definition

COLD › slightly cold, but not too cold: a cool breeze/day cool water

GOOD informal › good, stylish, or fashionable: He looks really cool in those sunglasses.

CALM › calm and not emotional: She seemed cool and confident.

UNFRIENDLY › unfriendly

coolness noun [U]

(Definition of cool adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

describes a story that is probably not true although often told and believed by some people to have...

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