deep freeze
a state or period of halted or suspended activity or progress: High interest rates created a deep freeze in housing construction.
suspended animation.
Idioms about 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
1Words Nearby deep freeze
Other definitions for deep-freeze (2 of 3)
to quick-freeze (food).
to store in a frozen state.
Origin of deep-freeze
2Other definitions for Deepfreeze (3 of 3)
a brand of deep freezer.
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How to use deep freeze in a sentence
In 1992, an object about a tenth the diameter of Pluto was found orbiting the sun “in the deep freeze of space well beyond the orbits of Pluto and Neptune,” as Science News described it.
The definition of planet is still a sore point – especially among Pluto fans | Lisa Grossman | August 24, 2021 | Science NewsThat would have cast a long shadow, one that imposed a deep freeze on Jupiter’s birthplace.
Born in deep shadows? That could explain Jupiter’s strange makeup | Ken Croswell | August 6, 2021 | Science News For StudentsFor this reason, in 2019 two different research teams independently made the radical suggestion that Jupiter had originated in the deep freeze beyond the current orbits of Neptune and Pluto, then spiraled inward toward the sun.
A shadowy birthplace may explain Jupiter’s strange chemistry | Ken Croswell | July 6, 2021 | Science NewsThose six went into the deep freeze, while Claudy had surgery and chemotherapy.
Solving mysteries of reproduction helped make parenthood possible for millions | Robin Marantz Henig | June 9, 2021 | Science NewsThey’re moving northward, bleeding dry whole generations of moose calves in the process, but a midwinter deep freeze won’t make much of a difference, since they’re already buried deep in their host’s fur.
Does a cold winter mean fewer bugs in the summer? | Philip Kiefer | February 25, 2021 | Popular-Science
But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive | Peter Schwartzstein | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would seem Bennett has decided to defrost a security perspective that went into deep-freeze in the 1970s.
Naftali Bennett's Security Strategy is Frozen in the 1970s | Gen.(res.) Nati Sharoni | November 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt some point, the fro-yo business could run into a deep freeze.
Frozen-Yogurt Shops Are Everywhere, but We Are Nowhere Near Saturation | Daniel Gross | July 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIts plunge into bankruptcy caused the entire global financial system to go into a deep freeze.
Cyprus’s Emotionally Satisfying, But Likely Ineffective ‘Bail-in’ | Daniel Gross | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt looks like Iran is headed for the diplomatic deep freeze yet again.
Iranian Riots at British Embassy Portend Troubling Isolationism | Babak Dehghanpisheh | November 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Mrs. Paine, is that deep freeze the type of deep freeze that you uncover from the top, that is, the lid opens?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyHe said, "The dust will shut out what dim sunlight there is and the whole planet will be in for a deep freeze."
Jack of No Trades | Charles CottrellShe put her parcel on a deep-freeze unit and pulled off its paper covering.
Creatures of the Abyss | Murray LeinsterHe continued his work at the ravine and expressed joy that a heavy snow would prevent a deep freeze of the gravel.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyThe job number called for a deep-freeze showcase, and there were exactly two hundred and seven detail drawings involved.
Felony | James Causey
British Dictionary definitions for deepfreeze
/ (ˌdiːpˈfriːz) /
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
(tr) to freeze or keep in or as if in a deepfreeze
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