frozen
Americanverb
adjective
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congealed by cold; turned into ice.
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covered with ice, as a stream.
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frigid; very cold.
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injured or killed by frost or cold.
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obstructed by ice, as pipes.
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chilly or cold in manner; unfeeling.
a frozen stare.
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rigid; immobilized.
The child was frozen with fear.
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quick-frozen.
frozen foods.
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(of food) chilled or refrigerated.
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(especially of a drink) mixed with ice and frappéed in an electric blender.
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in a form that is not readily convertible into cash; not liquid.
frozen assets.
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not permitted to be changed or incapable of being altered; fixed.
frozen rents; frozen salaries.
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Canasta. (of the discard pile) unable to be picked up by a player unless the player's hand contains a natural pair to match the top card of the pile.
verb
adjective
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turned into or covered with ice
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obstructed or blocked by ice
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killed, injured, or stiffened by extreme cold
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(of a region or climate) icy or snowy
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(of food) preserved by a freezing process
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(of prices, wages, etc) arbitrarily pegged at a certain level
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(of business assets) not convertible into cash, as by government direction or business conditions
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frigid, unfeeling, or disdainful in manner
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motionless or unyielding
he was frozen with horror
Other Word Forms
- frozenly adverb
- frozenness noun
- prefrozen adjective
- unfrozen adjective
Etymology
Origin of frozen
First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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On a frozen world like Europa, he added, that lack of activity could point to an ocean without life.
From Science Daily
A volunteer mountain rescuer was pictured scaling a frozen Gordale Scar waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park after temperatures dropped in parts of the UK.
From BBC
In February 1963, after the bodies and bunkers were discovered, a senior army official led Red Cross personnel and media to Rezang La, finding the battlefield "exactly as it had happened, frozen in snow".
From BBC
The guidelines advise people to steer clear of packaged, prepared, ready-to-eat or other foods with added sugars and salt—say, sugary cereal and frozen pizza.
Most of the vast island is frozen and with challenging geology.
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