a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
Also called cold-pack method,. Also called raw-pack method. a method of canning uncooked food by placing it in hot jars or cans and sterilizing in a bath of boiling water or steam.
to place a cold pack on.
to cold-pack a feverish patient.
to can (food) by the cold-pack method.
a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
the sheet so used
a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated
First recorded in 1905–10
First recorded in 1920–25
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A local handyman, Arsenio García, gingerly guarded a carry-on with a melting cold pack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
She was given medications, a cold pack and a cold shower.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023
It arrives at physicians’ offices in a shoebox-size kit equipped with a blood vial, a cold pack and instructions.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
Laura says she could feel her lip becoming increasingly swollen, and her therapist tried massaging it and putting a cold pack on it.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2021
The cold pack makes me shiver, and I realize I should have changed out of my wet clothes before eating.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
