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antifreeze

an·ti·freeze
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [an-ti-freez, an-tee-]
    • /ˈæn tɪˌfriz, ˈæn ti-/
    • /ˈæn.ti.friːz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [an-ti-freez, an-tee-]
    • /ˈæn tɪˌfriz, ˈæn ti-/

Definitions of antifreeze word

  • uncountable noun antifreeze Antifreeze is a liquid which is added to water to stop it freezing. It is used in car radiators in cold weather. 3
  • noun antifreeze a liquid, usually ethylene glycol (ethanediol), added to cooling water to lower its freezing point, esp for use in an internal-combustion engine 3
  • noun antifreeze a substance of low freezing point added to a liquid, esp. to the water in the radiator of an automobile or to gasoline in the tank, to prevent freezing 3
  • noun antifreeze Antifreeze is a liquid that is added to the cooling water of an engine to stop it from freezing in cold weather. 3
  • noun antifreeze a liquid used in the radiator of an internal-combustion engine to lower the freezing point of the cooling medium. 1
  • noun antifreeze A liquid, typically one based on ethylene glycol, which can be added to water to lower the freezing point, chiefly used in the radiator of a motor vehicle. 1
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Origin of antifreeze

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1910-15; anti- + freeze

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Parts of speech for Antifreeze

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Antifreeze

antifreeze popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • glycerol

    a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.

  • glycol

    Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C 2 H 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.

  • isopropyl alcohol

    a colorless, flammable, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 8 O, produced from propylene by the action of sulfuric acid and hydrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of antifreeze and rubbing alcohol and as a solvent.

  • methyl alcohol

    a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 4 O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde.

  • propylene glycol

    a colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid, C 3 H 8 O, used chiefly as a lubricant, as an antifreeze, as a heat transfer fluid, and as a solvent for fats, oils, waxes, and resins.
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