freezing mixture

British  

noun

1. a mixture of two substances, usually salt and ice, to give a temperature below 0°C

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freezing mixture

The plate being in direct contact beneath with the freezing mixture we are sure that the aluminium ring is no hotter than the ice.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly

For a time it renders the bed cold, and when followed by snow the two combine to make a freezing mixture which arrests the growth of established plants.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

The freezing mixture has here produced to all appearance the same effect as the flame.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

Into the freezing mixture of ice and salt poor Jumpo plunged his paw, and in an instant it was frozen fast there, and he couldn't get it out, as the late afternoon was cold.

From Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys by Howard R. Garis

Chloramine was prepared by cooling dilute solutions of bleach and ammonia and adding the latter to the former contained in a flask surrounded by a freezing mixture.

From Chlorination of Water by Joseph Race