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cold store

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noun

  1. a refrigerated compartment or building for keeping foods, furs, etc., in cold storage.


cold-store

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[ kohld-stawr, -stohr, -stawr, -stohr ]

verb (used with object)

cold-stored, cold-storing.
  1. to store in cold storage.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cold store1

First recorded in 1890–95; by back formation from cold storage
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Having first been created as a massive cold store, then later being used as a salt store and a car park, it is now filled with the hums and knocks of construction work, occasionally mingling with the cymbal-sound splashes of water falling from the ceiling.

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Ms Murphy, 28, from Resolven, was sexually harassed by Neath store manager Rhys Stephens, who said her nipples were "like cut diamonds" when she was in the cold store.

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A man who runs a funeral parlour a couple of miles from Khayelitsha keeps bodies in a cold store behind his office.

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When he finds someone who has still got power and space in their cold store, he ferries his bodies to them.

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Workers in heavy coats shift boxes of flowers from a cold store into a refrigerated container.

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