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
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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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Water management, dry and cold storage, and fuel capacity are all designed for spending extended time at sea.
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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
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Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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
See all Example Sentences for cold storage
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“Cold storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20storage. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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