Definition of Deepfreeze
—used for a freezer for food storage
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verb
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Definition of deep-freeze
First Known Use of deep-freeze
1943
noun
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ˈdēp-ˌfrēz
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Definition of deep freeze
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: cold storage 2
- a bill … in deep freeze awaiting a new congress
- —Newsweek
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: intense cold
Examples of deep freeze in a Sentence
This part of the world experienced a deep freeze for several thousand years.
a period of deep freeze
Recent Examples of deep freeze from the Web
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But the presence of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals proves this wasn’t always the deep freeze.
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Though remarkably care-free, the early blooms of saucer magnolias, typically 3 to 5 inches in diameter, may be harmed by a sudden deep freeze in early March.
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The deep freeze in Michigan is set to continue into the weekend, though temperatures begin warming up Sunday (a high of 24 degrees, according to weather.com) and into next week (high temperatures in the 30's).
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Then the deep freeze socked Wisconsin as thermometers plunged below zero over the holidays.
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But there are no easy answers on how to break what appears to be an inexorable slide into a deeper freeze and little optimism that dialogue is about to break out.
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But talk is just that, and elections to the European Parliament in May 2019 mean further reform plans will soon slip into the deep freeze.
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Other libraries put their brittle treasures into a temporary deep freeze or into chambers that suck out oxygen and replace it with nitrogen to kill any bugs.
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As heinous as these crimes were, there was a very plausible way to deal with them: Get to the bottom of the allegations, and put Nassar on deep freeze in the meantime.
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First Known Use of deep freeze
1948
deep freeze Synonyms
Synonyms
abeyance, cold storage, doldrums, dormancy, holding pattern, latency, moratorium, quiescence, suspense, suspension;
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Related Words
inaction, inertia, inertness, motionlessness;
coma, hibernation, hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, torpor;
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