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cold storage

noun

  1. the storage of food, furs, etc., in an artificially cooled place.
  2. a condition of suspension of action or activity; abeyance.


cold storage

noun

  1. the storage of things in an artificially cooled place for preservation
  2. informal.
    a state of temporary suspension

    to put an idea into cold storage

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cold storage1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Idioms and Phrases

see in cold storage .

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