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nounthe withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
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Definition that contains freezing
- freeze weather cold enough to cause freezing
- freeze be very cold, below the freezing point
- frozen (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
- frozen turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
- frost weather cold enough to cause freezing
- frostbite destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
- centigrade of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
- icicle ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water
- refrigeration the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
- cryonics the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life