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freeze frame

or freeze-frame

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noun Television, Movies.

an optical effect or technique in which a single frame of film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph.
a button or other mechanism on a projector, videocassette system, etc., allowing one to stop the projected picture at any point.

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Origin of freeze frame

First recorded in 1955–60

OTHER WORDS FROM freeze frame

freeze-frame, adjective

Words nearby freeze frame

freeze-drying, freeze-etch, freeze etching, freeze-fracture, freeze fracturing, freeze frame, freeze one's blood, freezeout, freezer, freezer burn, freeze-up
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Words related to freeze frame

stop motion

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British Dictionary definitions for freeze frame

freeze-frame

noun

films television a single frame of a film repeated to give an effect like a still photograph
a single frame of a video recording viewed as a still by stopping the tape

verb

(tr) to make a freeze-frame of (an image)
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