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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The PM promised that over the next year "things start to feel easier", pointing to frozen rail fares, prescription charges and fuel duty, as well as increases to the minimum wage.
From BBC
Backers of the frozen asset solution were still disappointed.
From Barron's
Backers of the frozen asset solution were still disappointed.
From Barron's
More than £5.3bn of assets linked to Mr Abramovich have been frozen by courts in Jersey since he was sanctioned.
From BBC
David rapidly translated his Roman experiences into a personal narrative style that distills physical action into a minutely detailed frozen moment.
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