cold storage

cold storage

noun

Definition of COLD STORAGE

1

: storage (as of food) in a cold place for preservation

2

: a condition of being held or continued without being acted on : abeyance

Examples of COLD STORAGE

1. food that has been taken out of cold storage
2. <the president's domestic programs had been in cold storage while he attended to a string of international crises>

First Known Use of COLD STORAGE

1877

Related to COLD STORAGE

Synonyms: abeyance, deep freeze, doldrums, dormancy, holding pattern, latency, moratorium, quiescence, suspended animation, suspense, suspension

Antonyms: continuance, continuation

Related Words: inaction, inertia, inertness, motionlessness; impasse, standstill; coma, hibernation, hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, torpor; recess, recession, remission; downtime, idleness, layoff

Near Antonyms: recommencement, renewal, resumption, resuscitation

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