| 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 |
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 |
thaw
melt
thawing
melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid, the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster, the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours |
| 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 |
reduce
melt off
lose weight
slim
slenderize
thin
slim down | take off weight |
| 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 |
| melt a disappear a evaporate | become less intense and fade away gradually, her resistance melted under his charm, her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
| fade melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable, disappear gradually or seemingly, The scene begins to fade, The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk |
| mellow melt mellow out | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial, With age, he mellowed |
| 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 |
dissolve thaw
unfreeze
unthaw
dethaw
melt | become or cause to become soft or liquid, The sun melted the ice, the ice thawed, the ice cream melted, The heat melted the wax, The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase, dethaw the meat |
| melt meld | lose its distinct outline or shape, blend gradually, Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene |
melt run
melt down | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating, melt butter, melt down gold, The wax melted in the sun |
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 |
| 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 |