cold store

¹

noun

1. a refrigerated compartment or building for keeping foods, furs, etc., in cold storage.

cold-store

²

[kohld-stawr, -stohr, -stawr, -stohr]

verb (used with object)

cold-stored, cold-storing 

1. to store in cold storage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold store¹

First recorded in 1890–95; by back formation from cold storage