deep-freeze

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Definitions of deep-freeze word

verb with object deep-freeze to quick-freeze (food). 1
verb with object deep-freeze to store in a frozen state. 1
noun deep-freeze a state or period of halted or suspended activity or progress: High interest rates created a deep freeze in housing construction. 1
noun deep-freeze suspended animation. 1
idioms deep-freeze put in / into the deep freeze, Informal. to stop or suspend the activity or progress of: A series of quarrels put their romance into the deep freeze. 1
transitive verb deep-freeze keep in cold storage 1

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1945-50; deep + freeze

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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cold — Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
frost — Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet.