cold storage

cold storage

noun

Definition of COLD STORAGE

a state of temporary inactivity <the president's domestic programs had been in cold storage while he attended to a string of international crises>

Synonyms cold storage, deep freeze, doldrums, dormancy, holding pattern, latency, moratorium, quiescence, suspended animation, suspense, suspension

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

Antonyms continuance, continuation