freezing
freezing Lexical Profile
freezing Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a temperature at or below the point at which water turns into ice; extremely or uncomfortably cold.
"A freezing wind swept across the open prairie during the blizzard."
• noun
The temperature at which water turns to ice (0° Celsius or 32° Fahrenheit); the freezing point.
"Forecasters expect overnight temperatures to drop well below freezing."
The physical process in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point, or the preservation of food by this method.
"Rapid freezing preserves the cellular structure and flavor of fresh berries."
• adverb
To an extremely cold degree (used strictly before the adjective 'cold').
"The water in the mountain stream was freezing cold even in July."
• Rhymes for freezing
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'freeze', from Middle English 'fresen' and Old English 'frēosan', ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root '*freusaną' (to freeze).