Dictionary

cold case en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A criminal investigation that has not been solved after a considerable time but remains on the books and may be reopened when new evidence appears.
   • ‘I had my researchers check the files on all the mispers and cold cases five years either side of that date estimate, on females of that approximate age. This is what they found. Fill your boots.’ He took a large gulp of his drink. / ‘I’m impressed, you've been moving fast.’ / ‘On it like a car bonnet, mate.’ 2015, Peter James, You Are Dead, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN:
2. (literally) A refrigerated display case used for selling items that are kept cold.
   • We'd each grab a twenty-ounce Coke from the cold case, and at the end of the movie, Kate would still have a nearly full bottle. 2015, Andie Mitchell, It Was Me All Along: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 61:

Forms

Descendants

Cold Case · cold case

Relateds

open problem

Translations (9)

ko 미제 사건 (an old unsolved case) · hu megoldatlan bűncselekmény (an old unsolved case) · hu megoldatlan ügy (an old unsolved case) · hu megoldatlan bűneset (an old unsolved case) · de Cold Case (an old unsolved case) · fr cold case (an old unsolved case) · sv kallt fall (an old unsolved case) · cmn 懸案 /悬案 (an old unsolved case) · hu függőben maradt ügy (an old unsolved case)