freezing

Synonyms:

freeze

Types:

freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization

a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes

frost, icing

the formation of frost or ice on a surface

Type of:

chilling, cooling, temperature reduction

the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change

a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition