Cooler vs. Esky — What's the Difference?

A cooler, portable ice chest, ice box, cool box, chilly bin (in New Zealand), or esky (Australia) is an insulated box used to keep food or drink cool. Ice cubes are most commonly placed in it to help the contents inside stay cool.

Esky was an Australian brand of portable coolers. The term "esky" is also commonly used in Australia to generically refer to portable coolers or ice boxes and is part of the Australian vernacular, in place of words like "cooler" or "cooler box" and the New Zealand "chilly bin".

A container for keeping food or bottles cool.

(Australia) An insulated picnic cooler, using ice or refrigerated blocks to keep food and drinks cool.

A long drink, especially a mixture of wine, fruit juice, and soda water.

Prison or a prison cell

A device, container, or room that cools or keeps cool.

A cold drink, usually carbonated, fruit-flavored, and containing wine or other alcoholic ingredients. Also called wine cooler.

(Slang) A jail.

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 type of drink made with alcohol, especially wine, mixed with fruit juice.

Samalamig

A prison.

A bouncer or doorman.

A cold deck.

That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

An alcoholic beverage containing liquor or wine plus a carbonated beverage, usually served with ice.

Jail; - usually used in the form the cooler.

An air conditioner.

A refrigerator for cooling liquids

An iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice

A cell for violent prisoners