coldpack

cold-pack

[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.

Origin:
1920–25

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cold pack n.
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.

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