cold storage
Long-term refrigeration facility
Cold storage is keeping something at low temperature to preserve it—food, biological samples, or other perishables.
The term extends to anything set aside for later: The project has been in cold storage since the budget cuts.
In cryptocurrency, cold storage means keeping digital assets offline, disconnected from the internet, as a security measure against hacking.
Subzero storage compartment
- iceboxCold food storage chest
- walk-in coolerRefrigerated room for storage
- cryogenicsUltralow temperature science
- deep-freezeUltra-cold storage unit
refrigerator · coolroom · meat locker · climate-controlled · chilled · frozen · cryopreservation · quick-freeze
Protecting edibles from rot
- perishablesItems prone to decay
- shelf lifeUsable storage duration
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- seed bankCollection preserving plant genetics
gene bank · cryonics · blood bank · frozen embryos · archival · morgue · mortuary
freezer
Subzero storage compartment
- iceboxCold food storage chest
- walk-in coolerRefrigerated room for storage
- cryogenicsUltralow temperature science
deep-freeze · refrigerator · coolroom · meat locker · climate-controlled · chilled · frozen · cryopreservation · quick-freeze · sub-zero
food preservation
Protecting edibles from rot
- perishablesItems prone to decay
- shelf lifeUsable storage duration
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
seed bank · gene bank · cryonics · blood bank · frozen embryos · archival · morgue · mortuary
facility
Skill or equipped premises
- distribution centerFacility for routing goods
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- palletsFlat freight platforms
loading dock · forklift · logistics · shipping · receiving · stockpile · racking · shelving · cargo · freight
on hold
Temporarily not proceeding
- shelvedDeferred or stored away
- postponedMoved to a later date
- backburnerStatus of deprioritized tasks
dormant · suspended · tabled · deferred · parked · sidelined · inactive · pending · waiting · mothballed
- egg preservationrefrigeration, pickling, freezing, salting, curing
- cold thingsice, snow, ice cream, freezer, glacier
- storagedrive, silos, bins, tanks, storehouse
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- Freezing Foodfreezer, freezer burn, ice crystals, blanching, defrosting
cold storageroom temperature
Standard indoor thermal level
dry storage · heat treatment · kiln · oven · incubator
cold storageready reserve
Inactive military personnel available
circulation · liquid assets · deployment · in play · on the market
cold storagecanning
Airtight food preservation
dehydration · freeze-drying · smoking · pickling · salting
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