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to refreeze

to refreeze

4 3.7
To turn into ice again after melting
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈfriːz/
: recongelar
  • When you break apart, the water gurgles up and then refreezes very quickly.
  • melt and refreeze
  • ice thaws and refreezes
  • snow melts and refreezes

There are ridges in the ice where there's a crack and it shifted and then refroze.

Examples

  • At these altitudes, the surface snow partially melts in the summer, and the meltwater percolates through the snow cover to refreeze deep down.

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  • Now the minimum extent has been nearly reached, and the sea is starting to refreeze.

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  • From now on until June, the Arctic sea ice will refreeze.

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  • If you have ice cream that's else in the freezer and then you refreeze it, what happens?

  • If food in the freezer is colder than 40°F and has ice crystals on it, you can refreeze it.

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  • You should refreeze the leftover soup before it goes bad.

  • After the ice cream melted, I put it back in the freezer to refreeze.

  • Once the meat has thawed, do not forget to refreeze it if you won't use it right away.

Synonyms

to freeze
vsto refreeze
215 1.0

Become solid because of cold, like water turning to ice

happens again after melting rather than the initial solidification

How Cold

to refreeze
4 3.7
to freeze
215 1.0
to chill
45 1.0
to cool
225 1.0

Surface Forms

refreeze infinitive
refreezing present participle
refreezes third person singular
refroze past
refrozen past participle

Morphology

refreeze = freeze (transparent) = re + freeze

This is a standard and fully compositional use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to the verb 'freeze'.

Etymology

Refreeze is made of re- 'again' and freeze 'to turn to ice'. So refreeze means 'to freeze again', like water or food becoming ice after it melted.