(commerce) A supply chain which is temperature-controlled, important for the supply of certain foods or pharmaceuticals.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, roll.

(metalworking) to roll (metal) in a temperature that is below its recrystallization point

Acronym of cost of living adjustment.

(acronym) comp.os.linux.advocacy (a Usenet newsgroup promoting the Linux operating system)

(obsolete) A colic attributed to the presence of kidney stones.

(genealogy) The phenomenon in which ancestral inbreeding causes the number of a descendant’s distinct ancestors to be smaller than that predicted by a binary tree (∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ 2ⁱ, where n represents the number of generations).

plural of cold-shut

(metalworking) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; said of a forging or casting.

(metalworking) An imperfection caused by insufficient welding of this kind.