cold storage
Americannoun
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the storage of food, furs, etc., in an artificially cooled place.
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a condition of suspension of action or activity; abeyance.
noun
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the storage of things in an artificially cooled place for preservation
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informal a state of temporary suspension
to put an idea into cold storage
Etymology
Origin of cold storage
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The project, which would be built near the neighborhood’s boundary with the Arts District, is being proposed by property owner Larry Rauch, president of Los Angeles Cold Storage.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
The heat and the moment proved too much for some spectators and they started to faint, with ambulance workers ferrying patients to the Blackfriars Cold Storage Company to revive them.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2022
Today, he leads field operations of Price Cold Storage & Packing, which grows fruit on some 2,700 acres.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021
Lima can’t recall the girl’s name, but her dad was one of the six firefighters who perished in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire, he said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2019
All of Chicago’s attention would be on the fire at the Cold Storage building.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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