deep freeze
noun
a state or period of halted or suspended activity or progress: High interest rates created a deep freeze in housing construction.
suspended animation.
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Idioms for deep freeze
put in / into the deep freeze, Informal. to stop or suspend the activity or progress of: A series of quarrels put their romance into the deep freeze.
Origin of deep freeze
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Words nearby deep freeze
Definition for deep freeze (2 of 3)
deep-freeze
[ deep-freez ]
/ ˈdipˈfriz /
verb (used with object), deep-freezed or deep-froze, deep-freezed or deep-fro·zen, deep-freez·ing.
to quick-freeze (food).
to store in a frozen state.
Definition for deep freeze (3 of 3)
Deepfreeze
[ deep-freez, -freez ]
/ ˈdipˌfriz, -ˈfriz /
Trademark.
a brand of deep freezer.
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Example sentences from the Web for deep freeze
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British Dictionary definitions for deep freeze
deepfreeze
/ (ˌdiːpˈfriːz) /
noun
a type of refrigerator in which food, etc, is stored for long periods at temperatures below freezing
storage in or as if in a deepfreeze
informal a state of suspended activity
verb deep-freeze -freezes, -freezing, -froze or -frozen
(tr) to freeze or keep in or as if in a deepfreeze
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