Associations to the word «Freezing»

FREEZING, adjective. (literally) Suffering or causing frost

FREEZING, adjective. (by extension) (chiefly hyperbole) Very cold

FREEZING, noun. (uncountable) (physics) (chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

FREEZING, noun. (countable) (medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.

FREEZING, verb. Present participle of freeze

FREEZING COLD, adjective. (idiomatic) extremely and unpleasantly cold (of the weather, the temperature in a place, a person, or an object)

FREEZING COLD, noun. (idiomatic) extreme and unpleasant cold

FREEZING LEVEL, noun. (meteorology) The altitude at which the temperature of the atmosphere is 0°C at a specific location

FREEZING LEVELS, noun. Plural of freezing level

FREEZING OUT, verb. Present participle of freeze out

FREEZING POINT, noun. The temperature at which a liquid freezes, and the solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium; normally the same as the melting point

FREEZING POINTS, noun. Plural of freezing point

FREEZING RAIN, noun. Rain which freezes upon contact.

FREEZING WORKER, noun. (NZ) A person who works at a freezing works.

FREEZING WORKERS, noun. Plural of freezing worker

FREEZING WORKS, noun. (NZ) An industrial facility where animals are slaughtered and the carcases frozen for export.

FREEZING, noun. The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.