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Definition: Freezing |
FreezingAdjective1. 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". Noun1. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "freezing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Mining | Consolidation of fine-grained waterlogged soil, enabling excavation to proceed, can be effected by freezing. The process, which dates from 1862,is particularly suitable for shaft sinking. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Freezing is a common method of food preservation which slows both food decay and the growth of microorganisms and, by turning water to ice, makes it unavailable for bacterial growth and chemical reactions.However, freezing only slows the deterioration of food: it does not stop it, and while it may stop the growth of micro-organisms, it does not necessarily kill them. Many enzyme reactions are only slowed by freezing, so it is often important to stop enzyme activity before freezing, either by blanching or by adding chemicals.
Foods may be preserved for several months by freezing, but not indefinitely. Long-term freezing requires a constant temperature of -18°C or less. Some freezers cannot achieve, or are not kept at, that temperature. If the temperature in a freezer fluctuates, the length of time foods can be kept is reduced considerably. Freezer doors should be kept closed as much as possible, and only a small amount of unfrozen food should be added at one time.
Freezing adversely affects the texture of many foods, and the texture of nearly all foods is damaged by thawing and re-freezing.. Since water expands when it freezes, cell walls in food are often ruptured, resulting in food that is limp or pulpy when thawed. This is especially true of fruits and vegetables that have a high water content. Less damage is done to vegetables that are high in starch. Less damage is also done if the food is frozen quickly, so unfrozen food should be placed in the coldest areas, which are near the bottom of the freezer. Defects in the texture of thawed food can sometimes be obscured by cooking.
See also: Food preservation
Ice cream is an example of a food which is intended for consumption while frozen.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Freezing (food)."
Synonyms: FreezingSynonyms: arctic (adj), frigid (adj), gelid (adj), glacial (adj), icy (adj), polar (adj), freeze (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cold | Icy, glacial, frosty, freezing, pruinose, wintry, brumal, hibernal, boreal, arctic, Siberian, hyemal; hyperborean, hyperboreal; icebound; frozen out. |
Freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium. | |
Refrigerator | Freezing mixture, ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice; liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium. |
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Screenplays | A thousand people freezing their butts off, waiting to worship a rat. You know, Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Don't you understand? The water is freezing and there aren't enough boats (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) It's friggin' freezing in here, Mr. Bigglesworth (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers) Hey, you want to freeze me in bed for your own personal pleasure, that is fine, but freezing Natalie is not gonna make her or the Elders happy (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) He's going out into freezing cold to find a dog he doesn't like to bring medicine back to a town that doesn't like him (Balto; writing credit: David Cohen; Elana Lesser) | |
Lyrics | I'm so chill, no wonder it's freezing (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) Car seat is freezing (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five) Touching heat freezing on my skin, (The Flame; performing artist: Cheap Trick; writing credit: Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham) Freezing in the corner (Imitation of Life; performing artist: R.E.M.) I'm freezing; I'm cold (Too Great Thy Gift; performing artist: The Heights) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Freezing Auntie (1911) The Freezing Mixture (1910) Above Freezing (1998) | |
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 | NOAA Fisheries Research Vessel CRIPPLE CREEK, formerly a Bureau of Mines vessel. This picture was taken January 17, 1972 after 100 mph winds with freezing spray lashed Kodiak, Alaska. Over 2 feet of ice built up on the vessel's port side during this storm. This vessel was excessed in 1973. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Palau Fisheries Office and Fisheries Coop dock in center - Van Camp tuna freezing facility in lower right. Credit: Small World. |
 | Van Camp tuna freezing plant and Palau Harbor port facilities. Credit: Small World. |  | Catfish processed and ready for flash freezing at the Heartland Catfish Processing plant in Itta Bena, MS. Credit: USDA. |
 | Building their own freezing facilities inside their lab, ARS scientists experimented with every step in the process, from selection of the variety grown to harvesting, handling, blanching, freezing, packaging, storing, and transporting products to market. What these scientists learned helped immeasurably to ensure the survival and growth of the U.S. frozen food industry. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | So long as the dry farce lasts, a girl who sips ice-water is looked upon as "freezing the party". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Earle Landis freezing ice cream on the back porch on Thanksgiving day. When it gets hard, his son sits on the freezer to hold it down. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wife of tenant farmer freezing ice cream on porch of her home near Warner, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | After meat is chilled, cuts and roasts are cut off and wrapped, stamped, and put in freezing room. Cold storage lockers. Casselton, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pony-drawn sledge on rough ice of Amur River after first freezing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Freezing Rain" by Peter E. Leonard Commentary: "Freezing Rain on the window. Free to use for any purpose, however I would appreciate credit for the photo. ©2002 Peter E. Leonard." | "SUB ZERO" by Victor Silkin Commentary: "Nothing like freezing Melbourne Morning." |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This was a breath of freezing air. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I did not plaster till it was freezing weather |
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Health | Freezing wild game meats, unlike freezing pork products, even for long periods of time, may not effectively kill all worms. (references) | |
Genital warts are treated with a topical drug (applied to the skin), by freezing, or if they recur, with injections of a type of interferon. (references) | ||
You can kill the parasite by cooking (allowing all parts of the meat to reach at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit), freezing (16 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours). (references) | ||
Business | The Greek government is also trying to install and/or upgrade the cooling chambers, freezing tunnels and food storage equipment used by agribusiness cooperatives to help them compete in the European market. (references) | |
Applications for new projects involving cold storage rooms, freezing tunnels and other refrigeration systems and equipment have reached $50.0 million for 1999. The Greek government is also trying to install and/or upgrade the cooling chamber, freezing tunnels and food storage equipment used by agribusiness cooperatives to assist them in competing in the European market. (references) | ||
Economic History | Greece | Greece responded by freezing all EU aid to Albania and deporting tens of thousands of illegal Albanians. (references) |
Cape Verde | Cape Verde has cold storage and freezing facilities and fish processing plants in Mindelo, Praia, and on Sal. (references) | |
Iraq | Average temperatures range from higher than 48 degrees C (120 degrees F) in July and August to below freezing in January. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | Located at 14,000 feet, Challapalca's freezing temperatures and oxygen-thin air have unavoidably detrimental effects on prisoner health. (references) |
Trade | New Zealand | The incoming Labour-Alliance government ended the unilateral tariff cut program in 2000, freezing duties at their existing levels for five years. (references) |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I will shortly submit a budget to the Congress aimed at freezing government program spending for the next year. |
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| "Freezing" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 87.60% of the time. "Freezing" is used about 781 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 87.6% | 684 | 9,677 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 9.46% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.69% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.26% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 781 | N/A |
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Expressions using "freezing": above freezing point ♦ apparent freezing point ♦ below freezing point ♦ deep freezing ♦ fluidized bed freezing ♦ fluidized freezing ♦ freezing cold ♦ freezing compartment ♦ freezing drizzle ♦ freezing fog ♦ freezing level ♦ Freezing machine ♦ freezing mixture ♦ freezing over ♦ freezing plant ♦ freezing point ♦ freezing point depressant ♦ freezing rain ♦ heavy freezing drizzle ♦ it is freezing ♦ non freezing solution. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "freezing": freezing-cold, freezing-in, freezing-out, freezing-plant, freezing-point. | |
Ending with "freezing": near-freezing. | |
Containing "freezing": non-freezing mixture. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
freezing strawberry | 121 | cryogenic freezing | 19 |
freezing food | 118 | banana freezing | 19 |
freezing | 88 | cob corn freezing | 19 |
freezing vegetable | 83 | freezing meat | 18 |
sperm freezing | 52 | freezing potato | 17 |
egg freezing | 52 | freezing blue berry | 16 |
freezing embryo | 49 | freezing wart | 16 |
freezing squash | 43 | cervix freezing | 16 |
freezing fruit | 42 | air conditioner freezing up | 14 |
corn freezing | 41 | freezing eggs | 13 |
freezing rhubarb | 39 | air conditioner freezing | 13 |
freezing peach | 36 | freezing zucchini | 13 |
canning and freezing | 29 | freezing pea | 12 |
cherry freezing | 27 | computer freezing keep | 12 |
freezing tomato | 27 | freezing water | 12 |
bean freezing green | 26 | freezing spinach | 12 |
computer freezing | 24 | cold freezing | 12 |
freezing point depression | 22 | freezing fresh vegetable | 11 |
freezing point | 22 | freezing herb | 11 |
asparagus freezing | 19 | cake freezing wedding | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "freezing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pikë e ngrirjes (freezing point), ngrirje (congealment, refrigeration), i ngrirë (congealed, dull, frost-bound, frosted, frozen, glace, glassy, lame, numb, prim, starchy, stiff, stilted), i akullt (chill, cold-hearted, cutting, frigid, frozen, gelid, glacial, ice, icy). (various references) | |
Arabic | مجمد (congealed, deep freeze, frosted, frozen, glaciated, iced), تجمد (freeze, frost, frostiness, icing, settle down, solidify), التجليد (bookbinding). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | i'níípitsi (to be freezing, to freeze). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вледеняващ, замръзване (freeze), замразяване (refrigeration), заледяване (congealment, icing), леден (algid, frozen, gelid, glacial, ice, ice cold, icy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 结冰 (freeze, Froze, frozen, icing). (various references) | |
Czech | mrazivý (chilly, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, nippy, winterly, wintry). (various references) | |
Danish | frysning (regelation), fastfrysning (freeze), nedfrysning. (various references) | |
Dutch | invriezen, Diepvriezen (freeze), bevriezing (freeze, frost bite, frost injury, frostbite, solidification), bevriezen (freeze). (various references) | |
Esperanto | frosto (freezing cold, frost). (various references) | |
Finnish | viisi astetta lämmintä (five degrees above freezing point), suolavesi (brine, salt water), palella (be cold, be freezing, feel chilly), on pakkanen (it is freezing), leijukerrospakastus (fluidized bed freezing, fluidized freezing), jähmettymispiste (cold point, congealing point, freezing point, solidification point), jäätymispiste (freezing-point), jäätymätön neste (brine, non freeze liquid, non freezing solution), jäädytys (quick-freezing), hintasulku (freezing of prices). (various references) | |
French | FZ, se congelant, glacial (frosty), glacé (frigid, frosty, frozen, glazed frost), gelant, gel défensif (freeze), gel (freeze, freezing cold, frost), Congélation (deep freezing, freeze to death), CO, blocage (freeze). (various references) | |
Frisian | froast (freezing cold, frost). (various references) | |
German | Gefrieren (freeze, ice), einfrieren (freeze, freeze up, ice up, suspend). (various references) | |
Greek | κατάψυξη (refrigeration), σταθεροποίηση (consolidation, stabilization), ξεπάγιασμα (frostbite), πήξισ, πάγωμα (freeze), παγερός (chill, frosty), απόψυξη (refrigerate), ψύξη (coling, cooling, frigidity, refrigeration). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | acar (freezing cold, frost). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קופא (icy), קפיאה (congealing), קרור (cooling, refrigeration), הקפאה (freeze), הגלדה (chilling, icing, incrustation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fagyasztó (freezer), dermesztõ (perishing), befagyás (congelation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembekuan (coagulation, congealing). (various references) | |
Irish | sioc (freezing cold, frost). (various references) | |
Italian | congelamento (congealment, congelation, frostbite). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 冷凍 (cold storage, refrigeration). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎょうこ (coagulation, solidification), ぎょうけつ (blood clot, coagulation, congealing, curdle, curdling, setting, solidification), ひょうけつ (ballot, congelation, decision, freeze, verdict, vote, voting), ふうさ (blockade), つめたい (chilly, cold, coldhearted, icy), れいとう (cold storage, refrigeration), けっぴょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 어. (various references) | |
Manx | rioeeagh (frosty, icy), rio (frost, ice). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eezingfray.(various references) | |
Polish | mróz (freezing cold, frost). (various references) | |
Portuguese | congelação (congelation). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | congelante. (various references) | |
Romanian | congelare (congealment, congelation, gelation), îngheţare (freeze). (various references) | |
Russian | конгеляция, морозный (frosty, nippy, rimy), замораживающий, замерзание (congelation), ледяной (gelid, glacial, ice, ice-cold, icy, sleetcold). (various references) | |
Scottish | reodhadh (frost, or causing to freeze). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zamrznut (frozen), smrzavanje (congealment). (various references) | |
Spanish | congelación (congealment, congelation, freeze, frostbite). (various references) | |
Swedish | frysning (refrigeration), iskallt (icily), iskall (freezing cold, gelid, ice cold, icy, stone cold), infrysning (refrigeration). (various references) | |
Turkish | soğuk (aloof, angular, apathetic, apathetical, bleak, calm, chill, chilling, chilly, cold, cool, cryo-, distant, frigid, frostiness, frosty, frozen, icily, inclement, inhospitable, marble, offish, Parky, phlegmatic, phlegmatical, remote, rigorous, saturnine, standoffish, starchy, stiff, stony, uncompanionable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry), konjelasyon, donma noktası (freezing point, set point), donma (congealment, congelation, freeze, frostbite, hardening), dondurucu (chilling, cryo-, cutting, deep-freezer, freezer, frosty, nipping, perishing, refrigerant), dondurma (congealment, congelation, ice, ice cream, icecream, refrigeration, sundae), buz gibi (arctic, chill, frigid, gelid, icily, icy, nippy, sour, very cold, wintry), çok soğuk (awfully cold, frigid, gelid, very cold). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jybar (frosty). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | відмороження, застигання (gelation), заморожування (ceiling, freeze, frosting, icing, refrigeration), замерзання (congelation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | rét lắm lạnh nhạt, lạnh lùng (blood, cold, phlegmatic), giá lạnh (frigid), băng giá (arctic, frosty, ice-cold, icily). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | halba. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gelidus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "freezing": freezingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "freezing": nonfreezing, prefreezing, refreezing, subfreezing, unfreezing. (additional references) | |
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"Freezing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ferrozine, freeling, freezingly, fresing, Frieling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "freezing" (pronounced frē"zing) |
| 4 | -ē" z i ng | appeasing, easing, pleasing, seizing, sneezing, squeezing, teasing, wheezing. |
| 3 | -z i ng | antagonizing, apologizing, appetizing, appraising, arising, abusing, accusing, advertising, advising, aggrandizing, agonizing, amazing, amortizing, amusing, analyzing, arousing, authorizing, blazing, boozing, bowsing, browsing, bruising, brutalizing, bulldozing, buzzing, cannibalizing, capitalizing, carousing, categorizing, causing, centralizing, characterizing, chastising, choosing, cleansing, closing, colorizing, commercializing, composing, comprising, compromising, computerizing, confusing, criminalizing, criticizing, cruising, crystallizing, customizing, decentralizing, decomposing, decriminalizing, deemphasizing, defusing, dehumanizing, demilitarizing, democratizing, demonizing, demoralizing, denationalizing, desensitizing, destabilizing, devising, diffusing, digitizing, disclosing, disguising, disposing, downsizing, dozing, dramatizing, economizing, editorializing, emphasizing, enclosing, energizing, enterprising, equalizing, espousing, excusing, exercising, exposing, fantasizing, federalizing, fertilizing, finalizing, foreclosing, formalizing, franchising, fraternizing, fusing, galvanizing, gazing, generalizing, glamorizing, glazing, grazing, harmonizing, hazing, hosing, housing, humanizing, hydrolyzing, idolizing, immobilizing, immortalizing, immunizing, imposing, improvising, industrializing, infusing, institutionalizing, ionizing, ironizing, itemizing, jeopardizing, legalizing, legitimizing, liberalizing, losing, marginalizing, materializing, maximizing, memorizing, merchandising, mesmerizing, minimizing, misusing, mobilizing, modernizing, monopolizing, moralizing, musing, nationalizing, neutralizing, normalizing, nosing, oozing, opposing, organizing, overgrazing, overusing, oxidizing, paralyzing, paraphrasing, patronizing, pausing, penalizing, personalizing, perusing, phasing, phrasing, polarizing, politicizing, popularizing, posing, praising, predisposing, prioritizing, privatizing, proposing, proselytizing, publicizing, quizzing, raising, rationalizing, razing, realizing, reauthorizing, recapitalizing, recognizing, recusing, refusing, reimposing, reorganizing, reusing, revising, revitalizing, revolutionizing, rising, romanticizing, Rosing, sanitizing, satirizing, schmoozing, scrutinizing, securitizing, sensationalizing, sizing, snoozing, socializing, specializing, stabilizing, standardizing, sterilizing, stigmatizing, strategizing, subsidizing, summarizing, supervising, supposing, surprising, symbolizing, sympathizing, synthesizing, tantalizing, televising, temporizing, terrorizing, theorizing, tranquilizing, trivializing, unappetizing, uncompromising, unionizing, unsurprising, uprising, using, utilizing, vandalizing, verbalizing, victimizing, visualizing, warehousing, whizzing, womanizing. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-n-r-z" | |
-1 letter: feezing, feigner, freeing, reefing. | |
-2 letters: feeing, ferine, finger, frieze, fringe, refine, zinger. | |
-3 letters: feign, finer, genie, genre, green, grief, infer, reign, renig. | |
-4 letters: eger, erne, fere, fern, fine, fire, firn, free, frig, friz, geez, gene, gien, girn, gree, grin, neif, reef, reif, rein, rife, ring, zein, zing. | |
-5 letters: eng, ere, erg, ern, fee, fen, fer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-i-n-r-z" | |
+2 letters: freezingly, refreezing, unfreezing. | |
+3 letters: fragmentize, nonfreezing, prefreezing, subfreezing. | |
+4 letters: federalizing, fragmentized, fragmentizes. | |
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