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- [froh-zuh n]
- /ˈfroʊ zən/
- /ˈfrəʊzn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [froh-zuh n]
- /ˈfroʊ zən/
Definitions of frozen word
- verb frozen past participle of freeze. 1
- adjective frozen congealed by cold; turned into ice. 1
- adjective frozen covered with ice, as a stream. 1
- adjective frozen frigid; very cold. 1
- adjective frozen injured or killed by frost or cold. 1
- adjective frozen obstructed by ice, as pipes. 1
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Origin of frozen
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (v.) Middle English fresen, Old English frēosan; cognate with Middle Low German vrēsen, Old Norse frjōsa, Old High German friosan (German frieren); (noun) late Middle English frese, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Frozen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
frozen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% 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".
frozen usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for frozen
adj frozen
- ice-cold — cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
- icy — made of, full of, or covered with ice: icy roads.
- frigid — very cold in temperature: a frigid climate.
- numb — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- arctic — The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.
adjective frozen
- cold — Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
- freezing — (of temperatures) approaching, at, or below the freezing point.
- solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- unmoving — not moving; still; motionless.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.
noun frozen
- gelid — very cold; icy.
adverb frozen
- northbound — going toward the north: northbound traffic.
- northward — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
Antonyms for frozen
adj frozen
- continual — A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping.
- hot — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- boiled — that has been brought to boiling point
- heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
adjective frozen
- mobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
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