refreeze

verb

re·​freeze (ˌ)rē-ˈfrēz 

refroze (ˌ)rē-ˈfrōz  ; refrozen (ˌ)rē-ˈfrō-zᵊn  ; refreezing

transitive + intransitive

: to freeze again

shouldn't refreeze the meat

Ice dams form when water from melting snow runs down a roof and refreezes.

—AAA Times

Examples of refreeze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While temperatures briefly rose above freezing in parts of Louisiana, southern Alabama and Mississippi, nighttime temperatures plummeted in areas including Georgia, northern Florida and coastal communities in the Carolinas, causing snow and ice to refreeze on roads. —Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025

Cook whole crab before freezing, and never thaw and then refreeze. —Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025

What is sea ice? Sea ice is frozen ocean water that has an annual cycle of melting during the summer and refreezing in winter. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025

However, the agency advises against refreezing food left outside the refrigerator for more than two hours. —Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for refreeze

• agrees
• appease
• bailees
• bougies
• burmese
• chemise
• chickpeas
• chinese
• cowpeas
• curies
• decrees
• degrees