Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

    The temp in the mountains may/can fall below freezing at this time of year.

    Erstarren, Gefrieren

    the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

  2. (countable)The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Examples

207 sentences
  1. It's freezing outside.

    Зовні мороз. — Anjy

    ruНа улице мороз. — Selena777

    deDraußen ist es schweinekalt. — BraveSentry

  2. It was below freezing last night.

    ruПрошлой ночью была минусовая температура. — Wezel

  3. We came dangerously close to freezing to death.

    ruМы чуть не замёрзли до смерти. — Ivanovb

  4. The temperature has been below freezing for several days.

    ruНесколько дней держится минусовая температура. — marafon

  5. In Boston, it'll be sunny and just above freezing.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid on cooling:

Origin

By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.

By surface analysis, freeze + -ing.

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Forms

plural: freezings
Singularfreezing
Pluralfreezings

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid:freeze

Word family

7 related words

See also

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