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cold pack

1

[ kohld pak ]

noun

  1. a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
  2. Also called cold-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.


cold-pack

2

[ kohld-pak ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to place a cold pack on:

    to cold-pack a feverish patient.

  2. to can (food) by the cold-pack method.

cold pack

noun

    1. a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
    2. the sheet so used
  1. a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cold pack1

First recorded in 1905–10

Origin of cold pack2

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

American has both temperature-controlled containers and pre-packaged shipments with cold packs or dry ice.

From Fortune

For the salad here shown, tomatoes and beans canned by the cold-pack method were used.

This illustration shows, with a few exceptions, such foods canned by the one-period cold-pack method, and merits close inspection.

A number of such devices are manufactured for canning by the cold-pack method, but it is possible to improvise one in the home.

Then the jars of food are removed and sealed as in the one-period cold-pack method.

The best process for canning such foods is the one-period cold-pack method.

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