1
a
: treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing
b
: subject to long and severe cold
the frozen north
2
a
: incapable of being changed, moved, or undone : fixed
specifically
: debarred by official action from movement or from change in status
frozen wages
b
: not available for present use
frozen capital
c(1)
: drained or incapable of emotion
(2)
: expressing or characterized by cold unfriendliness
frozenly
adverb
Examples of frozen in a Sentence
the car door was frozen ever since an accident had damaged the hinge
pay rates will remain frozen until the company does better financially
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
In the 19th century, an archaeologist named Giuseppe Fiorelli figured out how to make casts of those frozen bodies by pouring liquid plaster into the voids where the soft tissue had been.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
The couple has spent the last 20 years feeding thousands of Ottawa residents, making daily deliveries of frozen meat through a subscription service.
—Mikayla Price, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Millennials are quickly discovering that their symptoms – brain fog, frozen shoulder and itchy ears – are perimenopause, the years leading up to menopause when a woman still has her menstrual period but hormone levels fluctuate.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
In the 19th century, an archaeologist named Giuseppe Fiorelli figured out how to make casts of those frozen bodies by pouring liquid plaster into the voids where the soft tissue had been.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
The couple has spent the last 20 years feeding thousands of Ottawa residents, making daily deliveries of frozen meat through a subscription service.
—Mikayla Price, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Millennials are quickly discovering that their symptoms – brain fog, frozen shoulder and itchy ears – are perimenopause, the years leading up to menopause when a woman still has her menstrual period but hormone levels fluctuate.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 18 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for frozen
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“Frozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frozen. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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