freeze | fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level, a freeze on hiring |
hiring freeze | a freeze on hiring |
price freeze | a freeze of prices at a given level |
wage freeze | a freeze of wages at a given level |
freeze halt | an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement, a halt in the arms race, a nuclear freeze |
deep-freeze Deepfreeze deep freezer freezer | electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time |
dead metaphor frozen metaphor | a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') |
frozen food frozen foods | food preserved by freezing |
frozen dessert | any of various desserts prepared by freezing |
frozen yogurt | a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt |
frozen pudding | a chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor |
frozen custard soft ice cream | dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base |
frozen orange juice orange-juice concentrate | orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen |
freeze frost | weather cold enough to cause freezing |
freeze freezing | the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid |
freeze-drying lyophilization lyophilisation | 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 |
deep freeze | temporary inactivity or suspension, the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze |
freeze | suddenly behave coldly and formally, She froze when she saw her ex-husband |
freeze | anesthetize by cold |
freeze | be cold, I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on |
freeze-dry | preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum, freeze-dry the strawberries |
freeze block immobilize immobilise | prohibit the conversion or use of (assets), Blocked funds, Freeze the assets of this hostile government |
freeze suspend | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it, Suspend the aid to the war-torn country |
freeze | change to ice, The water in the bowl froze |
deep freeze | store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation, deep-freeze the food |
quick-freeze flash-freeze | freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors, quick-freeze the shrimp |
freeze | cause to freeze, Freeze the leftover food |
freeze freeze out freeze down | change from a liquid to a solid when cold, Water freezes at degrees Fahrenheit |
reject spurn freeze off scorn pooh-pooh disdain turn down | reject with contempt, She spurned his advances |
freeze stop dead | stop moving or become immobilized, When he saw the police car he froze |
freeze | be very cold, below the freezing point, It is freezing in Kalamazoo |
fixed frozen | incapable of being changed or moved or undone, e.g. frozen prices, living on fixed incomes |
frozen | not convertible to cash, frozen assets |
flash-frozen quick-frozen frozen | (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value, frozen foods |
freeze-dried | preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum, freeze-dried coffee |
lyophilized lyophilised freeze-dried | used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances, dried by freezing in a high vacuum |
frozen | turned into ice, affected by freezing or by long and severe cold, the frozen North, frozen pipes, children skating on a frozen brook |
frigid frosty frozen glacial icy wintry | devoid of warmth and cordiality, expressive of unfriendliness or disdain, a frigid greeting, got a frosty reception, a frozen look on their faces, a glacial handshake, icy stare, wintry smile |
frozen | not thawed |
frozen(p) rooted(p) stock-still | absolutely still, frozen with horror, they stood rooted in astonishment |