Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To quick-freeze.
  • transitive verb To store in a frozen condition.
  • transitive verb To suspend or defer indefinitely.

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  • noun Alternative form of deep freeze.
  • verb To freeze at very low temperatures.

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  • noun electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

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Examples

  • Today in the tub I dream of the bathroom turning to deep-freeze winter again, going back there one last time, the pipes and tiles cracking from the cold.

    Losing Found Things Brett Rosenblatt 2011

  • I've got 4 breasts in the deep-freeze, and 4 drumsticks in the crock-pot right now, and have had similar results since I started hunting turkeys.

    What's the best 12 ga. turkey load. 2009

  • My deep-freeze tells the tale of it's effectiveness.

    Favorite Call? 2009

  • They live as much in their imaginations as in the office parks, satellite campuses, industrial estates and deep-freeze lobbies of five-star hotels where Mr. Deb finds them.

    New India, Old Schemes Deborah Baker 2011

  • I've got 4 breasts in the deep-freeze, and 4 drumsticks in the crock-pot right now, and have had similar results since I started hunting turkeys.

    What's the best 12 ga. turkey load. 2009

  • My deep-freeze tells the tale of it's effectiveness.

    Favorite Call? 2009

  • The European property market is finally emerging from its recessionary deep-freeze, but there are still plenty of icy patches for investors to slip on.

    Heavy Weather Darren Lazarus 2011

  • But there was some weirdness about, particularly in the ability to deep-freeze humans by putting them in special 9-dimensional pouches.

    REVIEW: The New Space Opera 2 edited by Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan 2009

  • Today, as we begin to debate Glass-Steagall all over again, the old stereotypes are simply being pulled out of deep-freeze.

    Thomas Frank: Bring Back Glass-Steagall 2010

  • The entire gigantic menagerie is housed in four deep-freeze tanks, representing a staggeringly important slice of some of the world's most rare wildlife.

    The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink 2010

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