cold chain

English

Noun

cold chain (plural cold chains)

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

Related terms

• cold storage

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷鏈／冷链 (lěngliàn)

• Dutch: koudeketen f, koelketen f
• Finnish: kylmäketju (fi)
• French: chaîne du froid (fr) f
• German: Kühlkette (de) f
• Italian: catena del freddo f
• Polish: łańcuch chłodniczy m
• Romanian: lanț frigorifer (ro) n
• Russian: холоди́льная цепь f (xolodílʹnaja cepʹ), холодо́вая цепь f (xolodóvaja cepʹ)
• Spanish: cadena de frío f
• Swedish: kylkedja (sv) c

See also

• refrigeration, freezers

Further reading

• “cold chain”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.