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
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Those include cold storage and logistic giant Lineage’s $17.8 billion float and private equity group CVC's $15 billion listing. Iain Martin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Actually, the whole system through covid was able to get more cold storage. Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024 Giving farmers affordable access to cold storage for their crops reduces waste and increases sales. Kali Hays, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024 Why Have There Been So Many Listeria Outbreaks? Darin Detwiler, a food safety adviser and Northeastern University professor, explained to Eater that an increasing reliance on pre-packaged, cold storage items in the food supply is leading to more listeria contamination. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cold storage 

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 21 Dec. 2024.

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