freezing
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- noun
- /ˈfrizɪŋ/
:
congelación
- After the freezing of the mixture, it became a solid block of ice.
- freezing point
- the freezing process
- freezing and thawing
It's the volume of vaporization or freezing and so on of the pure substance.
- It's the volume of vaporization or freezing and so on of the pure substance.
Examples
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By the time it started dropping down near freezing at night, Poppa was near panic.
Fiction book (1993) -
Temperatures drop way below freezing when the sun goes down, so you might want to make a fire.
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I discovered that there was no such freezing process on the market.
Fiction book (1995) -
The rate of ice production decreases, however, as the freezing process continues.
Academic text (1997) -
While the temperature in November is usually below freezing, the days can be sunny and relatively snowless.
Academic text (1994) -
Our prayers go out to those who capsized in the freezing waters of the Channel last night.
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Temperatures could drop below freezing, with a bit of a breeze, which will make it feel evencolder.
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The water under the floe is therefore near freezing and high in salinity, conditions that make it dense.
Academic text (1992) -
And the Romans bathed naked in the freezing Tiber.
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There, scientists develop techniques such as freezing in liquid nitrogen to preserve the germplasm indefinitely.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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A time when it is cold enough for water to turn to ice
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A material that moves from solid to liquid or gas without making a new substance
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A change when a material goes from one state to another without a chemical change, like ice melting
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The change when a liquid or soft thing becomes hard, usually by cooling
A process of becoming hard when a liquid cools or a wet material dries
Becoming solid when something freezes or thickens
A liquid that becomes thick or solid when it cools
To cool or freeze food to keep it fresh
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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The temperature at which a liquid becomes solid at normal air pressure
- Specialized
A mix of ice and salt that makes temperatures below the point where water turns to ice
How Cold
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Morphology
Etymology
Freezing comes from the verb freeze, which originally meant 'to turn into ice' in old English. So the noun freezing names the process when a liquid loses heat and 'turns into ice', for example when water or food becomes solid.