Freeze (Noun)
Meaning 1
Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
Weather cold enough to cause freezing.
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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Meaning 3
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Water pipes burst because the rapid freeze turned the flowing water to solid ice.
- The lab researcher used a quick freeze method to preserve the cells' original state.
- Ice formed through the slow freeze process was much stronger than that created rapidly.
- Freeze is the critical phase that requires controlled conditions in ice crystal growth experiments.
- Engineers took extra precautions during the concrete's initial freeze period to avoid any cracks forming.