frozen
Other forms: frozenly
Frozen liquids are so cold that they've become ice. Frozen orange juice makes a delicious homemade popsicle.
If your car's door handle is frozen, it's impossible to open, and if your driveway's surface is frozen, it's a sheet of ice. If your TV dinner is still frozen after you cook it, your microwave may not be working properly. When people are frozen, they're often exaggerating how cold they are — or they may be struck as still as a statue, frozen in place. Frozen comes from freeze, with its Old English root freosan, "turn to ice."
Definitions of frozen
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turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold“the frozen North”“frozen pipes”“children skating on a frozen brook”
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Synonyms:
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frostbitten
injured by freezing or partial freezing
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frost-bound
(of the ground) made hard by frost
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glaciated
covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action
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icebound
locked in by ice
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ice-clogged
obstructed by ice
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icy
covered with or containing or consisting of ice
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sleety
consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain
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unthawed
still frozen
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cold
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
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unmelted
not melted
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Antonyms:
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unfrozen
not frozen
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ice-free
free of ice and open to travel
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liquescent, melting
becoming liquid
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slushy
being or resembling melting snow
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thawed
no longer frozen
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liquid, liquified, melted
changed from a solid to a liquid state
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frostbitten
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(used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value“frozen foods”
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synonyms:
flash-frozen, quick-frozen
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preserved
prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
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preserved
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not thawed
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unmelted
not melted
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unmelted
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absolutely still
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incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"
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synonyms:
fixed
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unchangeable
not changeable or subject to change
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unchangeable
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devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
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not convertible to cash“frozen assets”
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Synonyms:
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nondisposable
(of assets) unavailable for use
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nondisposable
Pronunciation
US
/ˈfroʊzən/
UK
/ˈfrəʊzən/
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