Deepfreeze

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trademark

Deep·​freeze ˈdēp-ˌfrēz How to pronounce Deepfreeze (audio)
used for a freezer for food storage

deep-freeze

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verb

deep-froze ˈdēp-ˈfrōz How to pronounce deep-freeze (audio) ; deep-frozen ˈdēp-ˈfrō-zᵊn How to pronounce deep-freeze (audio)

transitive verb

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: to store in a frozen state

deep freeze

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noun

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: cold storage sense 2
a bill … in deep freeze awaiting a new congressNewsweek
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: intense cold

Examples of Deepfreeze in a Sentence

Noun This part of the world experienced a deep freeze for several thousand years. a period of deep freeze
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The ice cream—which comes in flavors like Chocolate Honeycomb and Burnt Basque Cheesecake—is so fresh, holding the stretchy, pliable texture that deep-freezing destroys. Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2023
Noun
Intention to Return a poem Christian Caryl Mourning Navalny Alexey Navalny’s death represents the culmination of the Kremlin’s efforts to push the country into a political deep freeze, but his legacy is a new generation of Russians who yearn to imagine alternatives to Putin’s regime. Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 12 Mar. 2024 With sky-high home prices and burdensome mortgage rates weighing on buyers, the housing market is locked in a deep freeze. Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024 Little room for debate Socially, the country appears in deep freeze. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024 Meanwhile, Southern cities were also bracing for a deep freeze: Atlanta feels-like temperatures were in the teens because of the wind chill, while residents in Nashville were waking up to temperatures that felt like below zero Fahrenheit. Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024 After high interest rates drove the Bay Area housing market into a deep freeze last year, bringing home sales to the lowest level in 15 years, there are signs in the first months of 2024 that the market is beginning to thaw. Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024 These links moved electricity to where it was most needed, helping to avoid the sort of catastrophe that befell Texas’s isolated electric grid the year before, when a deep freeze left millions without power for days. IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2024 Even before the cold snap that has put the nation into a deep freeze, there were signs that automakers and car rental companies, like Hertz, are rethinking their ambitious, electric car plans. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024 The cold and snow comes after a deep freeze settled across much of the nation Sunday, bringing freezing temperatures as far south as Florida and creating chaos for travelers, football fans and even voters in the Iowa Caucuses. USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of Deepfreeze was in 1851

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Cite this Entry

“Deepfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deepfreeze. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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