cold pack

¹

[ kohld pak ]

noun

1. a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
2. 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)

1. to place a cold pack on:

   to cold-pack a feverish patient.

2. to can (food) by the cold-pack method.

cold pack

noun

1. 1. a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
   2. the sheet so used
2. a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold pack¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Origin of cold pack²

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

American has both temperature-controlled containers and pre-packaged shipments with cold packs or dry ice.

From Fortune

For the salad here shown, tomatoes and beans canned by the cold-pack method were used.

From Project Gutenberg

This illustration shows, with a few exceptions, such foods canned by the one-period cold-pack method, and merits close inspection.

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A number of such devices are manufactured for canning by the cold-pack method, but it is possible to improvise one in the home.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the jars of food are removed and sealed as in the one-period cold-pack method.

From Project Gutenberg

The best process for canning such foods is the one-period cold-pack method.

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