Definition of freezing Freezing

/fɹiˈzɪŋ/ - [freezing] - freez•ing

We found 11 definitions of freezing from 6 different sources.

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What does freezing mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
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  chilling, temperature reduction, cooling the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
  phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
  freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • freezing (Noun)
    The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
  • freezing (Noun)
    The action of numbing with anesthetics.
  • freezing (Verb)
    Present participle of freeze.
  • freezing (Adjective)
    Suffering or causing frost.
  • freezing (Adjective)
    Very cold.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • freezing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Freeze
  • freezing (a.)
    Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

  • freezing
    a sort of ornamental painting on the upper part of a ship’s quarter, stern, or bow. It consists generally of armour, instruments of war, marine emblems, &c.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Freezing is the process when a liquid turns into a solid. Freezing occurs when heat is lost from an object, which causes the molecules to slow down and form tighter bonds. basically in short terms freezing is when, lets say, water turns into ice. Freezing is the opposite of melting, and two steps away from evaporation.

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  • freezing, verb, gerund of freeze (infinitive).
  • freezing, noun, singular of freezings.

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