Congealed by extreme cold; subjected or exposed to extreme cold; spec. of food: preserved by refrigeration to below freezing point.

Subjected to refrigeration (in any sense); cooled, frozen. In later use: esp. kept in a refrigerator. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

technical. Of meat, esp. beef: kept at a moderately low temperature in cold storage, as distinguished from frozen meat.

That has been frozen rapidly; subjected to quick freezing.

Designating a technique of food preparation in which meals are cooked, then rapidly frozen and stored between −18 and −30 °C, to give a storage time…

Designating a technique of food preparation in which meals are cooked, then immediately chilled, to be served reheated within a period of days; (of…

(According to, designating, or following) a method of preserving esp. partially cooked food by vacuum-sealing in a package and then chilling.

Of food or a meal: cooked, then immediately chilled, to be served reheated within a period of days; prepared using the cook-chill system (see cook…