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Freezing

Freezing Meaning & Definition
Freezing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Freezing?

[n] the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
[adj] extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "let's get inside; I'm freezing"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Freezing: arctic | cold | freeze | frigid | gelid | glacial | icy | polar

Related Terms | Find terms related to Freezing: adiabatic absorption | adiabatic demagnetization | adiabatic expansion | air conditioning | air cooling | algid | algific | anhydration | arctic | below zero | biting | bitter | bitterly cold | blast freezing | blast-freezing | bleak | boreal | bottling | brining | brisk | brumal | canning | chill | chilling | chilly | cold | cold as charity | cold as death | cold as ice | cold as marble | congealing | congealment | congelation | cooling | corning | crisp | cryogenics | curing | cutting | deep freezing | dehydration | dehydrofreezing | desiccation | dry-curing | drying | electric refrigeration | embalming | evaporation | food freezing | freezable | freeze-drying | freezing cold | frigid | frigorific | frosty | frozen | fuming | gas refrigeration | gelid | glaciable | glacial | glaciation | glacification | hibernal | hiemal | hyperboreal | hyperborean | ice-cold | ice-encrusted | icelike | icy | inclement | infrigidation | irradiation | jerking | keen | marination | mechanical refrigeration | mummification | nipping | nippy | numbing | penetrating | perishing | pickling | piercing | pinching | polar | potting | quick freezing | quick-freezing | raw | reduction of temperature | refreezing | refrigerant | refrigeration | refrigerative | refrigeratory | regelation | rigorous | salting | seasoning | severe | sharp | sharp freezing | sharp-freezing | shivering | shivery | Siberian | sleety | slushy | smoking | snappy | stone-cold | stuffing | subzero | supercooled | super-cooling | taxidermy | tinning | winterbound | winterlike | wintery | wintry

See Also | chilling | cooling | freeze-drying | frost | icing | lyophilisation | lyophilization | phase change | phase transition | physical change | state change | temperature reduction

Freezing In Webster's Dictionary

\Freez"ing\, a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- {Frrez"ing*ly}, adv. {Freezing machine}. See {Ice machine}, under {Ice}. {Freezing mixture}, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. {Freezing point}, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg] Centigrade.

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