frozen
- adjective
- /ˈfroʊzən/
- Specialized
:
congelado
- Their bank accounts were all frozen, all frozen.
Their bank accounts were all frozen, all frozen.
- Their bank accounts were all frozen, all frozen.
- There's one, there's a Tory MP from Portsmouth, Hampshire, sorry, Southampton, his account's been frozen for a year.
Examples
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Their bank accounts were all frozen, all frozen.
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I agree they're frozen and I need to pee.
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Russia had potentially lost about half of their international reserves due to sanctions being freezing their assets.
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Their bank accounts were frozen due to the ongoing legal investigation.
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Many people found that their assets were frozen after the recent court ruling.
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The government announced that all funds would remain frozen until further notice.
Synonyms
37
6.2
An official decision to stop an activity, for example pay increases
21
4.9
Put off until later
2
6.0
A time when work or activity stops for a long time
1
4.9
A state in which a plan or project is left unused for later
Not a liquid or not easy to sell quickly for cash
Antonyms
Compounds
19
2.0
A cold, soft sweet dessert like ice cream made from milk with a slightly sour taste
1
1.1
A frozen concentrate of orange juice that you mix with water before drinking
A cold dessert made from custard, nuts, and sometimes a little alcohol, served frozen
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frozen for money or accounts comes from the same image of being stopped by ice, meaning 'not able to be used or moved', so a frozen account is money that is legally blocked and cannot be spent.