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cold pack

1. A compress of gauze, cloth, or plastic filled or moistened with a cold fluid and applied externally to swollen or injured body parts to relieve pain and swelling.

2. A canning process in which uncooked food is packed in jars or cans, then sterilized by heat.

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cold pack

1. (Medicine)

a. a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water

b. the sheet so used

2. (Cookery) a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated

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cold′ pack`

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

2. a method of canning uncooked food by placing it in jars or cans and sterilizing in a bath of boiling water or steam.

[1905–10]

cold′-pack`, v.t.

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