freeze
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1.4
- noun
- /friːz/
- Meteorologists predicted a severe freeze that would last for several days, affecting travel plans.
- a deep freeze
- a winter freeze
- killing freezes
Examples
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Most of the towns and settlements of this northern deep freeze are dotted along its largely ice-free west coast.
Academic text (2012) -
We'd had this wonderful glimmer of hope, And then the Sea of Japan incident put our relations with Kim ll-Jong back into the deep freeze.
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Anyway, the experiment in which these two subjects... are to be placed into a dry freeze... for exactly one year is set to begin tomorrow.
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And last update are the tomatoes that got hit by the freeze when the door was left open.
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The 34-degree water preserved ships and bodies like a deep freeze, he adds.
Academic text (2005) -
A freeze is coming.
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It's becoming a reality in the job, with pay freezes and the workload increasing.
Academic text (2011) -
South Texas also lacks the Midwest's deep-freeze temperatures that hold down weed growth in winter.
Academic text (1997) -
The freeze caught many gardeners by surprise, damaging their delicate plants.
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After a long spell of warm weather, a sudden freeze last night covered everything in frost.
Synonyms
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1.6
A change when a liquid turns into a solid because it gets very cold
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4.3
A period of very cold weather that lasts several days
Antonyms
Idioms
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7.7
Suddenly stop moving because you feel afraid or surprised
- Informal
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9.9
To make your bottom very cold by sitting or staying outside in cold weather
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
Food with most water removed by freezing and drying so it keeps for a long time
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4.4
A rule that stops a company or government office from taking on new workers to save money
- Specialized
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4.1
A way to dry food or medicine by freezing it and removing the ice so it keeps its shape
- Specialized
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4.1
An action that keeps prices at their current level for a set time to stop big price rises
- Specialized
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3.8
A machine or process that makes food very cold quickly to keep its taste and vitamins
- Specialized
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6.2
A machine that keeps food or lab samples from spoiling by freezing and removing their water
How Cold
Surface Forms
Etymology
Freeze comes from an old word for getting very cold, like frost, so a 'freeze' is a time when the weather is cold enough to turn water and plants to ice and cause harm.