deep freeze
A chest freezerA chest freezer.
» This fridge has a deep-freeze compartment.
Dieser Kühlschrank hat ein Tiefkühlfach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 sensesA chest freezer.
(Canada, US)A time period of very cold weather, in which the temperatures are below freezing.
- temporary inactivity or suspension
Examples
4 sentencesThis fridge has a deep-freeze compartment.
deDieser Kühlschrank hat ein Tiefkühlfach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This fridge has got a deep-freeze compartment.
deDieser Kühlschrank hat ein Tiefkühlfach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Over night, there's supposed to be a deep freeze.
His favourite food is pizza from the deep-freeze compartment.
deSeine Lieblingsspeise ist Pizza aus dem Tiefkühlfach. — Esperantostern
Origin
From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.
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