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English

Etymology

freeze +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f?i?z?/
• Rhymes: -i?z?(?)

Noun

freezer (plural freezers)

1. An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
2. The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
3. (neuroscience, Parkinson's disease) A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.

Synonyms

• cooler (room)
• deep freeze, deep freezer, deep-freezer (stand-alone appliance)
• walk-in freezer (room)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• fridge
• icebox
• refrigerator

French

Etymology

From English freezer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?i.zœ?/
• Homophone: friseur

Noun

freezer m (plural freezers)

1. freezer compartment

Further reading

• “freezer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• referez, référez

Portuguese

Noun

freezer m (plural freezers)

1. Alternative spelling of frízer

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?i?z.??/
• Rhymes: -i?z??

Adjective

freezing (comparative more freezing, superlative most freezing)

1. (literally) Suffering or causing frost
2. (by extension, chiefly hyperbolic) Very cold
3. (with above or below) Zero °C, the freezing point of water.

Synonyms

• (literally): frosty, frigorific
• (very cold): ice-cold, icy

Derived terms

• subfreezing

Translations

Noun

freezing (countable and uncountable, plural freezings)

1. (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
2. (countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Synonyms

• frost

Related terms

• freeze-dry
• freezer

Translations

Verb

freezing

1. present participle of freeze

Derived terms

• freezing point