ALL meanings of chiller
chill·er
C c - countable noun chiller A chiller is a very frightening film or novel. 3
- noun chiller a refrigerated storage area for meat 3
- noun chiller a person or thing that chills 3
- noun chiller a novel, film, etc. with a frightening, often weird or supernatural, theme, as involving psychopathic murder, vampires, etc. 3
- noun chiller coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening. 1
- noun chiller a sensation of cold, usually with shivering: She felt a slight chill from the open window. 1
- noun chiller a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm. 1
- noun chiller sudden coldness of the body, as during the cold stage of an ague: fevers and chills. 1
- noun chiller a depressing influence or sensation: His presence cast a chill over everyone. 1
- noun chiller lack of warmth of feeling; unfriendliness; coolness. 1
- noun chiller Foundry. an inserted object or a surface in a mold capable of absorbing large amounts of heat, used to harden the surface of a casting or to increase its rate of solidification at a specific point. 1
- noun chiller bloom1 (def 12). 1
- adjective chiller moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly: a chill wind. 1
- adjective chiller shivering with or affected by cold; chilly. 1
- adjective chiller depressing or discouraging: chill prospects. 1
- adjective chiller Slang. cool (def 14). 1
- adjective chiller unduly formal; unfriendly; chilly: a chill reception. 1
- verb without object chiller to become cold: The earth chills when the sun sets. 1
- verb without object chiller to be seized with a chill; shiver with cold or fear. 1
- verb without object chiller Foundry. (of a casting) to become hard on the surface by contact with a chill or chills. 1
- verb without object chiller Slang. to calm down; relax (often followed by out). 1
- verb with object chiller to affect with cold; make chilly: The rain has chilled me to the bone. 1
- verb with object chiller to make cool: Chill the wine before serving. 1
- verb with object chiller to depress; discourage; deter: The news chilled his hopes. 1
- verb with object chiller Foundry. to harden the surface of (a casting) by casting it in a mold having a chill or chills. 1
- verb with object chiller bloom1 (def 22). 1
- verb with object chiller Slang. to kill; murder. 1
- idioms chiller take a chill pill, Slang. See chill pill (def 2). 1
- noun chiller refrigerator, chiller cabinet 1
- noun chiller water-cooling machine 1
- noun chiller scary story 1
- noun chiller A machine for cooling something, especially a cold cabinet or refrigerator for keeping stored food a few degrees above freezing. 1
- noun chiller Something that chills, especially a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc. 0
- noun chiller A frightening dramatic work, such as a book or film. 0
- adjective chiller comparative form of chill: more chill. 0