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cold' pack"




1. a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
2. Also called cold'-pack meth'od, raw-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. Cf. hot pack.

cold-pack



Pronunciation: (kōld'pak"), [key]
—v.t.
1. to place a cold pack on: to cold-pack a feverish patient.
2. to can (food) by the cold-pack method.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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