- a cold towel, ice bag, etc., applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- a method of canning uncooked food by placing it in hot jars or cans and sterilizing in a bath of boiling water or steam.
- to place a cold pack on: to cold-pack a feverish patient.
- to can (food) by the cold-pack method.
- a method of lowering the body temperature by wrapping a person in a sheet soaked in cold water
- the sheet so used
- a tinning process in which raw food is packed in cans or jars and then heated
