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
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
The company says this infrastructure-free approach allows operators to deploy the system quickly across existing cold storage facilities.
—
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Police in the Denver metro area are searching for a group of thieves who are targeting Hispanic businesses and taking everything from the cash in the register to alcohol in cold storage.
—Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Sponsoring a cold storage firm with facilities in KC — all referenced in contemporaneous news releases.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
The shipping and logistics giant is adding a new 42,000 square foot cold storage cooler inside an existing warehouse at 6204 New Cut Road, according to permits filed with Louisville Metro Planning and Design.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cold storage
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Police in the Denver metro area are searching for a group of thieves who are targeting Hispanic businesses and taking everything from the cash in the register to alcohol in cold storage.
—Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Sponsoring a cold storage firm with facilities in KC — all referenced in contemporaneous news releases.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
The shipping and logistics giant is adding a new 42,000 square foot cold storage cooler inside an existing warehouse at 6204 New Cut Road, according to permits filed with Louisville Metro Planning and Design.
—Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cold storage
Cite this Entry
“Cold storage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20storage. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
