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

Workers in heavy coats shift boxes of flowers from a cold store into a refrigerated container.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

It would also be feasible to transform the skin cells in Oliver’s cold store into new living creatures.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2018

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

From US News • Sep. 29, 2016

Huge blocks of frozen at a cold store in Northern Ireland, Freeza Foods, which had been quarantined by officials suspicious of its labelling and state of packaging, were found to contain 80% horse.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

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

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson