cold storage

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cold storage (uncountable)

  1. Refrigerated storage.
  2. (figurative) A state of postponement; the back burner.
    • 1947, Hamilton Maurice Howgrave-Graham, Light and Shade at Scotland Yard, page 68:
      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.
  3. (cryptocurrencies) A place where private keys are stored away from the Internet to prevent them from being stolen.

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