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   Freez·ing

   /ˈfrēziNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. below 32°F (0°C): "strong winds and freezing temperatures" Similar bitterly coldcoldchillchillingfrostyfrozenglacialwintrysubzerorawbitingpiercingpenetratingcuttingstingingnumbingarcticpolarSiberianinformal:Balticrare:gelidbrumalrimyalgidcircumpolarOpposite balmy
   • ▪ (used hyperbolically) very cold: "he was freezing and miserable" Similar frozenextremely coldpainfully coldnumb with coldvery chillychilled throughchilled to the bone/marrowfrozen to the corefrozen stiffshiveryshiveringfrostbitteninformal:frozen to deathOpposite hot
   • ▪ (of fog or rain) consisting of droplets that freeze rapidly on contact with a surface to form ice.

   noun

   • 1. the freezing point of water: "the temperature was well above freezing"

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