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supercooled

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verb

past tense of supercool

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of supercooled
Adjective
The liquid is trapped — or corralled — and can remain liquid far into the supercooled zone. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supercooled
Adjective
  • The state could spend more than $60 million to expand and upgrade the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and eliminate a space crunch that has risked its accreditation and led to the office storing bodies awaiting autopsy in refrigerated containers behind the Farmington building.
    Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
  • So as well as anyone, Humphries can paint a picture of an ideal Olympic run down the refrigerated track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in February.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Frozen lakes mattered so much to the city that records of when the ice froze each year go back more than 100 years.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But even before that, fear of such attacks froze ship traffic.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Dunkin’ is rumored to be testing 48-ounce iced coffee and Refresher buckets at select locations.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In comparison, a large Dunkin' iced coffee is 32 ounces.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • At the Port Authority Bus Terminal expansion, half a mile uptown, Staller trained his lens on giant tubes of steel rimmed with teeth—core drill sections, frosted with snow, like colossal ziti topped with mozzarella cheese—which a crane was hoisting into place.
    Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Serve your cake or cupcakes frosted with cream cheese frosting at room temperature for the best taste and texture.
    Molly Allen, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • During the individually quick-frozen process in which foods are passed through a freezing chamber, berries are picked at peak freshness, washed and frozen, sealing in the nutrients, experts said.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Whether your climate is warm or not, consider ordering pre-chilled bulbs.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Just a few hours into a pre-launch test called a wet dress rehearsal in early February, launch controllers found that enough super-chilled liquid hydrogen fuel was leaking at the launchpad to prompt safety concerns.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • For best results, reapply when the surface feels slippery or shows a cloudy, refrozen layer.
    Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If the freezer has remained below 40 degrees and ice crystals are still inside, the food can be refrozen.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • My heart eyes for the beets and the overall experience at Rose's almost blinded me from noticing the dressing was hardly a caramel, but rather a congealed marinade with a grainy mouthfeel.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Supercooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supercooled. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.

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