freezable

freezable
freeze ► VERB (past froze; past part. frozen) 1) (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold. 2) become or cause to become blocked or rigid with ice. 3) be or cause to be very cold. 4) store at a very low temperature as a means of preservation. 5) become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock. 6) (of a computer screen) suddenly become locked. 7) keep or stop at a fixed level or in a fixed state. 8) (freeze out) informal cause (someone) to feel excluded by being hostile or obstructive.
► NOUN 1) an act of freezing. 2) informal a period of very cold weather.
DERIVATIVES freezable adjective.
ORIGIN Old English.

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