Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 29 compound words that contain freeze. The most common are listed below. Open freeze in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- freeze-dryTo remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.
- deep-freezeAlternative form of deep freeze.
- brain freezeA pain in the head from eating or drinking something cold; a cold-stimulus headache.
- freeze popFlavored ice or frozen fruit juice in a tube.
- Big FreezeSynonym of heat death of the universe: A theoretical future state of the universe in which the universe attains thermodynamic equilibrium and a further increase of entropy is no longer possible.
- freeze frameA single still frame or picture taken from a film (movie), or from a video stream.
- freeze outTo snub or ice out; to forcibly remove or exclude.
- freeze-dryingpresent participle and gerund of freeze-dry
- freeze-driedsimple past and past participle of freeze-dry
- freeze upTo be adversely affected by ice, and not function.
- Seattle FreezeThe social phenomenon where residents of Seattle, Washington, appear polite but distant, making it challenging, especially for newcomers, to form deep friendships or break into established social circles.
- anti-freezeAlternative form of antifreeze: A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.
- freeze tagA variant of the playground game tag, in which a tagged player, rather than becoming "it", becomes "frozen" (and forbidden from moving) but may be unfrozen by being touched by an untagged player.
- hard freezeA freeze sufficiently long and severe to destroy seasonal vegetation and lead to ice formation in standing water and hard ground. 27°F (-3°C) is considered a threshold in the US.
- Mr FreezeSynonym of freeze pop, flavored ice or frozen fruit juice in a tube, particularly of the Mr Freeze brand but now also genericized.
- freeze-thawInvolving both freezing and thawing.
- flash-freezeTo freeze something, especially food, very rapidly by subjecting it to cryogenic temperatures.
- freeze brandThe marking of cattle by metal chilled with dry ice or liquid nitrogen, etc. instead of using a branding iron.
- freeze danceSynonym of musical statues (“dancing game”).
- rent freezeA negotiated pause in rent increases in rent-stabilised housing, rather than rent control.
- snap freezeTo freeze by very rapid cooling
- freeze brandedsimple past and past participle of freeze brand
- freeze brandingpresent participle and gerund of freeze brand
- freeze babyA person easily susceptible to cold.
- freeze overTo freeze on the surface.
Compound words 29
- freezeoutAny situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases.
- freezeproofResistant to freezing.
- outfreezeTo become colder than.
- overfreezeTo freeze excessively.
- adfreezeTo freeze together; to adhere through the formation of ice.
- befreezeTo freeze thoroughly or completely.
- cryofreezecryogenic freezing
- freezieSynonym of freeze pop, flavoured ice or frozen fruit juice in a tube.
- freezoreeA camporee held in the winter.
- freezyChilled to the point of freezing.