Deepfreeze

[deep-freez, -freez]

Trademark.

1. a brand of deep freezer.

deepfreeze

/ ˌdiːpˈfriːz /

noun

1. a type of refrigerator in which food, etc, is stored for long periods at temperatures below freezing

2. storage in or as if in a deepfreeze

3. informal,  a state of suspended activity

verb

1. (tr) to freeze or keep in or as if in a deepfreeze

Example Sentences

The address comes as China shows signs of thawing a diplomatic deepfreeze of Australian ministers following the election of a new government last month.

From Seattle Times

The Moderna vaccine uses the same technology as Pfizer-BioNTech’s but does not require the same deepfreeze temperatures.

From Washington Times

The result has been a deepfreeze in direct Chinese investment in the United States: It tumbled 36 percent last year to $29 billion.

From Washington Times

And a refrigeration company once named Kim Novak “Miss Deepfreeze,” an honor that doubtless appealed to Alfred Hitchcock; you could plausibly argue that “Vertigo” was one long thaw.

From The New Yorker

Syracuse University has put the kiss cam in the deepfreeze.

From Wall Street Journal