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

May 20, 2025 3 min read The June 2025 issue of Scientific American is packed with exciting features, from magnificent mitochondria and a plan to refreeze the Arctic to the universe’s first light and recent human evolution By Jeanna Bryner Join Our Community of Science Lovers! —Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025

Anything that melts Thursday will likely refreeze that evening as overnight lows dip into the mid-20s. —Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025

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

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