coolchestEtymologyFrom cool + chest. Compare West Frisian kuolkast and Dutch koelkast (literally “cool-chest”), German Kühlschrank.coolchest means A chest or compartment for keeping food cold; refrigerator. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.nounA chest or compartment for keeping food cold; refrigerator“"Aw, not much, just some sody and buttermilk. Don't get up, I'll just get it myself." Edith followed the creaks in the floorboards back to the coolchest, slid the door, took down a quart box (on which the handsome browneyed indian maid knelt in a sunset of butter) and then took a free look in the mirror lining the back of that cool-chest.”