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freezing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | freeze |
| Type of | chilling, cooling, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change, temperature reduction |
| Has types | freeze-drying, frost, icing, lyophilisation, lyophilization |
| Derivation | freeze |
Examples of freezing
freezing
That's assuming you're talking about temperatures within 20 degrees of freezing.
From the news-journalonline.com
For much of the country, freezing temperatures mean slim pickings at the market.
From the online.wsj.com
Precipitation fell as rain instead of snow, freezing on contact with the ground.
From the kansas.com
Steps coated in freezing rain in Milford on Wednesday morning, February 2, 2011.
From the timesunion.com
Common sense says that it's the freezing cold that is behind the freaky weather.
From the us.cnn.com
It's freezing, there's barely any oxygen and it has claimed more than 200 lives.
From the cnn.com
Getting something gas-powered started in freezing weather didn't sound like fun.
From the courier-journal.com
Families go away during freezing weather and a thaw causes their pipes to burst.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
You can create creepy ice cubes by freezing gummy worms into your ice cube tray.
From the abcnews.go.com
- Freeze: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
- (freeze) stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
- (freeze) weather cold enough to cause freezing
- (freeze) change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
- (freeze) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
- (freeze) be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
- In physical science, freezing or solidification is the process in which a liquid turns into a solid when cold enough. The freezing point is the temperature at which this happens. Melting, the process of turning a solid to a liquid, is almost the exact opposite of freezing. ...
- Freezing is a 2007 film directed by Simon Curtis, written by James Woods, which premiered on 28 February 2007.
- Freezing food preserves food from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved their game in unheated buildings during the winter season. ...
