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

• abeyance
• deep freeze
• doldrums
• dormancy
• holding pattern
• latency
• moratorium
• quiescence
• suspended animation
• suspense
• suspension

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

We are separated from the white room by strips of heavy plastic, like those used in a butcher shop to divide cold storage from counter space. —Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024

In China, starting from a much lower baseline, the surging growth in cold storage is absolutely immense. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024

Lineage, a cold storage company, raised $4.4 billion, placing its Nasdaq debut valuation at over $18 billion. —Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 26 July 2024

Last year, his team needed additional cold storage to accommodate the high number of bodies coming in — sometimes reaching the hundreds in one week. —The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1