freeze
- n the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
- n weather cold enough to cause freezing
- n an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
a nuclear freeze - n fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level
a freeze on hiring - v stop moving or become immobilized
- v change to ice
- v be cold
I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on - v cause to freeze
- v stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- v be very cold, below the freezing point
- v change from a liquid to a solid when cold
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit - v prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- v anesthetize by cold
- v suddenly behave coldly and formally
freeze-drying
- n a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
- v preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
freezer
- n electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
freezing
- n the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
- v stop moving or become immobilized
- v change to ice
- v be cold
- v cause to freeze
- v stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- v be very cold, below the freezing point
It is freezing in Kalamazoo - v change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- v prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- v anesthetize by cold
- v suddenly behave coldly and formally