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cold pack
1[ kohld pak ]
noun
- a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- Also called cold-pack method, a method of canning uncooked food by placing it in hot jars or cans and sterilizing in a bath of boiling water or steam.
cold-pack
2[ kohld-pak ]
verb (used with object)
- to place a cold pack on:
to cold-pack a feverish patient.
- to can (food) by the cold-pack method.
cold pack
noun
- a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
- the sheet so used
- a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cold pack1
Origin of cold pack2
Example Sentences
I wore fleece and sweatpants under blankets and slept comfortably on an autumn night that bottomed out around 50 degrees, but if you run cold, pack thermal base layers.
She was given medications, a cold pack and a cold shower.
She was given medications, a cold pack and a cold shower, according to the Office of Professional Responsibility.
It arrives at physicians’ offices in a shoebox-size kit equipped with a blood vial, a cold pack and instructions.
Laura says she could feel her lip becoming increasingly swollen, and her therapist tried massaging it and putting a cold pack on it.
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