freezing

noun

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

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

adjective

(with above or below) The freezing point of water, zero degrees celsius.

(literally) Suffering or causing frost.

(by extension, chiefly hyperbolic) Very cold.

Synonyms for freezing

congelationn frozenadj icyadj frigorificadj frigidadj coldadj congealmentn regelationn frostyadj sleetyadj freezableadj gelidadj chillyn

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