freeze out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Very small water droplets in clouds freeze onto them and form snowflakes heavy enough to fall to the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Graupel, also known as snow pellets or soft hail, forms when water droplets freeze onto a snow crystal, according to the National Weather Service.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024
Astronomers believe that where it is cold enough for water to freeze onto dust particles, things stick together more efficiently -- an ideal spot for planet formation.
From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024
In uncommon atmospheric circumstances, very cold water droplets aloft freeze onto snowflakes and fall with them, hitting the ground with a squishy plop.
From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2022
Better freeze onto a couple uh lots here in Hazleton, while they're low.
From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto
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