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cold storage

cold storage noun: refrigerated storage.

Noun

cold storage (uncountable)

  1. Refrigerated storage.
  2. (figuratively) A state of postponement; the back burner.
    • All we could do would be to make a few preliminary inquiries as to the possibilities of financial assistance from Government funds and then put the idea into cold storage for the time being.1947, Hamilton Maurice Howgrave-Graham, Light and Shade at Scotland Yard, page 68
  3. A place where private keys are stored away from the Internet to prevent them from being stolen.
    Synonyms:
    cold wallet

cold storage meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian

cold storage in Tamil

குளிர் பதனம், குளிர் வைப்பறை, குளிர்ப் வைப்பறை, குளிர்வைப்பறை, குளிர்நிலை சேமிப்பறை, தண் சேமிப்பறை

cold storage in Urdu

سرد خانہ

cold storage in Kannada

ಕುಳಿರ್ವನೆ, ಶೈತ್ಯಾಗಾರ, ಶೀತಾಗಾರ

cold storage in Indonesian

refrigerated storage
gudang dingin

Synonyms of cold storage

Questions about cold storage

What does cold storage mean?
Cold storage means refrigerated storage.
What is cold storage in Tamil?
Cold storage in Tamil is குளிர் பதனம், குளிர் வைப்பறை, குளிர்ப் வைப்பறை. See Cold storage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cold storage?
Cold storage is a noun.

Words near cold storage in the dictionary

  1. Cold Spring
  2. Cold Spring Harbor
  3. Cold Springs
  4. cold steel
  5. cold steel and bright lights
  6. cold storage
  7. cold store
  8. cold stores
  9. Cold Sunday
  10. cold sweat
  11. cold sweats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cold storage (page history and authors); cold storage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cold storage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cold storage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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