cold storagenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌkəʊld ˈstɔː.rɪdʒ/us/ˌkoʊld ˈstɔːr.ɪdʒ/If something, usually food, is kept in cold storage, it is put in artificially cold conditions, usually to stop it from decaying.
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Preserving & storing food
- bin
- bread basket
- bread bin
- brine
- caddy
- dried
- foil
- food technology
- freeze
- freeze-dry
- frozen
- glacé
- lunchbox
- preserve
- reconstitute
- refrigerate
- saltpetre
- souse
- soused
- vacuum-packed
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Examples from literature
- All cold storage poultry should be frozen and should be sold to the consumer in a frozen condition.
- Before the days of cold storage, Australia and New Zealand could not export their mutton to European markets, though they could export their wool.
- I also put some in cold storage in May and I found that I would not have needed to put any in cold storage until May as they have kept just as nicely as those stored earlier.
- In fact cold storage at the usual temperatures seems to be injurious to scions.
- The modern invention of cold storage and its application in ships has created this great trade.