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French cheeses, we hear, in cooler (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breeze

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'cooler' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'french cheeses we hear' is the wordplay.
'french cheeses' becomes 'bries' (Brie is a French cheese).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bries' sounds like 'BREEZE'.

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for breeze that I've seen before include "A light pleasant wind" , "Faint stirring of the air" , "is this enough to blow out candles?" , "little bit of wind" , "Walk in the park" .)

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