cold store

¹ American  

noun

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

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cold-store ² American  

[kohld-stawr, -stohr, -stawr, -stohr] / ˈkoʊldˈstɔr, -ˈstoʊr, -ˌstɔr, -ˌstoʊr /

verb (used with object)

cold-stored, cold-storing

1. to store in cold storage.

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Etymology

Origin of cold store

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

Example Sentences

The cold store cellar on the edge of the property became my favorite place.

From Literature

With it came a sudden fall in temperature, as if we had stepped into a cold store.

From Literature

Lee Sizemore is standing in an empty cold store wondering what happened to a platoon of decommissioned hosts.

From The Guardian

One of them had tended the town's cold store, a general store with refrigerated and frozen items.

From US News

The people queueing outside the cold store, waiting to view the bodies, did not seem concerned about how their former leader and his entourage died.

From Reuters