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

Having first been created as a massive cold store, then later being used as a salt store and a car park, it is now filled with the hums and knocks of construction work, occasionally mingling with the cymbal-sound splashes of water falling from the ceiling.

From BBC

A man who runs a funeral parlour a couple of miles from Khayelitsha keeps bodies in a cold store behind his office.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From Literature

“When you look back at early housekeeping manuals, they say you should keep your fur coats and thick jerseys in the cold store over summer.”

From The Guardian