congelation

Examples

• All

• Palissy observes that congelations of stones prove they were not made all at once, but slowly by accretion.

  Academic text (2007)

• What benefit is there to congelation or sublimation while the visage turns mottled?

  Fiction book (1991)

• Not simple albifaction but rubifaction have we witnessed—receipts with congelations, sophistications from Navarre to Germany.

  Fiction book (1991)

• During winter, the congelation of the pond made it safe for children to skate.

• The scientific experiment showed that the congelation of the liquid occurred quickly at low temperatures.

Synonyms

F

freezing

vscongelation

79 1.6

A change when a liquid turns into a solid because it gets very cold

is broader and covers solid change not only from cold

S

solidification

vscongelation

• Specialized

1 6.8

The change when a liquid or soft thing becomes hard, usually by cooling

is used for solid change often caused by cold rather than other effects

C

congealment

vscongelation

8.2

A liquid that becomes thick or solid when it cools

is specifically the process of becoming solid due to cold

S

solidifying

vscongelation

• Specialized

4.7

A process of becoming hard when a liquid cools or a wet material dries

is the noun form focused on becoming solid often via cold

C

crystallizing

vscongelation

• Specialized

5.9

Solid crystals form when a liquid cools or dries

is broader including all solid forms not only crystals

G

gelation

vscongelation

• Specialized

8.2

A liquid that becomes a soft solid like jelly

is the process of becoming solid rather than forming a gel

Antonyms

M

melting

72 1.1

A process where a solid turns into a liquid because of heat

L

liquefaction

• Specialized

1 7.5

To change a solid or gas into a liquid

How Solid

ice

∞ 1.0

solid

• Specialized

9 1.0

congelation

• Specialized

9.9

to gel

• Specialized

1 4.1

slush

• UK

26 1.4

liquid

324 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology