freeze : Idioms & Phrases

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deep freeze

  • noun temporary inactivity or suspension
    • the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze
  • verb store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation
    • deep-freeze the food
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deep-freeze

  • noun electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
    deep freezer; Deepfreeze; freezer.
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flash-freeze

  • verb freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
    flash-freeze; quick-freeze.
    • quick-freeze the shrimp
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flash-frozen

  • adjective satellite (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
    frozen; flash-frozen.
    • frozen foods
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freeze down

  • verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold
    freeze down; freeze.
    • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
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freeze off

  • verb reject with contempt
    spurn; disdain; reject; scorn; pooh-pooh; turn down.
    • She spurned his advances
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freeze out

  • verb change from a liquid to a solid when cold
    freeze down; freeze.
    • Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit
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freeze-dried

  • verb preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
    freeze-dry.
    • freeze-dry the strawberries
  • adjective satellite used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum
    lyophilized; lyophilised.
  • adjective satellite preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum
    • freeze-dried coffee
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freeze-dry

  • verb preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
    freeze-dry.
    • freeze-dry the strawberries
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freeze-drying

  • noun 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
    lyophilisation; lyophilization.
  • verb preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
    freeze-dry.
    • freeze-dry the strawberries
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freezing mixture

  • noun a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water
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freezing point

  • noun the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
    melting point.
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frozen custard

  • noun dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base
    soft ice cream.
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frozen dessert

  • noun any of various desserts prepared by freezing
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frozen food

  • noun food preserved by freezing
    frozen food.
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frozen foods

  • noun food preserved by freezing
    frozen food.
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frozen metaphor

  • noun 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')
    dead metaphor.
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frozen orange juice

  • noun orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen
    orange-juice concentrate.
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frozen pudding

  • noun a chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor
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frozen yogurt

  • noun a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt
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hiring freeze

  • noun a freeze on hiring
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price freeze

  • noun a freeze of prices at a given level
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quick-freeze

  • verb freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
    flash-freeze; quick-freeze.
    • quick-freeze the shrimp
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quick-frozen

  • verb freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors
    flash-freeze; quick-freeze.
    • quick-freeze the shrimp
  • adjective satellite (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
    frozen; flash-frozen.
    • frozen foods
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To freeze up

  • to become formal and cold in demeanor. Colloq.
Webster 1913

wage freeze

  • noun a freeze of wages at a given level
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