freezing mixture
- noun
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mezcla congelante
- The scientist used a freezing mixture of salt and ice to lower the temperature of the solution below zero degrees Celsius.
Examples
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Using a lens to concentrate sunlight onto the near-freezing mixture in the tube, Neumann showed she could create steam from nearly frozen water.
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To make homemade ice cream, first prepare a freezing mixture of crushed ice and salt in a large bowl.
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By adding salt to the ice, they created a freezing mixture that helped preserve the temperature of the samples.
How Cold
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4.0
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3.9
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a mixture used to produce or involve freezing' is directly derivable from 'freezing' (relating to the process of becoming solid by cooling) combined with 'mixture' (a combination of ingredients). This is a straightforward noun-modifier composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will likely infer the intended sense (even if the precise technical recipe like salt + ice requires context).
Etymology
Freezing mixture is a simple cold mix of ice and salt people make to get things much colder than ice alone. When salt melts some ice, it takes in heat and makes the mix much colder, so this 'cold mix' is used to cool flasks in experiments or to make ice cream.