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

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 Refrigerated shipments cannot just sit at a loading dock for hours or days on end awaiting the next shift to be moved to cold storage. Nicole Glenn, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 Second, there’s also more flexibility to identify transportation methods that require less time in cold storage carriers and facilities. Nicole Glenn, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 Vials of injectable penicillin in cold storage at the Metro Public Health Department in Nashville, Tenn. Catherine Sweeney, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024 The duel culminated in the movie with Lex and Tim locking one of the raptors inside a cold storage freezer — the same unit fans can see at the end of the Survival trailer. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2023 The team created recipes including protein, vegetables and starch cooked together in one paella pan, with limited cold storage and just three paella pans to prepare 10,000 meals daily. Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023 Those wishes, depicted as glowing glass orbs — like floating Christmas ornaments — go into a kind of cold storage, never to be returned to their makers. Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023 Seeing how a clamshell of strawberries expires earlier than average due to a lapse in cold storage means grocers can improve stocking processes to extend freshness and minimize future waste. Ryan Begin, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 Unlike hot storage, cold storage does not require significant energy inputs to maintain data. Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, WIRED, 15 Nov. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of cold storage was in 1877

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“Cold storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20storage. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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