cold storage

noun

1

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

2

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

Synonyms of cold storage

• suspension
• suspense

Examples of cold storage in a Sentence

food that has been taken out of cold storage

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

Recent Examples on the Web

France’s national blood service, which 1,900 hospitals rely on, said Tuesday that hackers raised the temperature at cold storage units, but the attack was thwarted before any damage was done. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Speaking of proper temperature control for foods, foods kept in cold storage have to be eventually cooled to 41 degrees or less. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

This is a cold washed process bean, meaning the cherry pulp is washed away from the bean before it’s put in cold storage for 72 hours and then dried. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

This 20,000-square-foot campus in Englewood, housed in a former mattress factory, will have much more space for food packing and cold storage. — Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cold storage

• borage
• forage
• porridge