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DEEP FREEZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Temporary inactivity or suspension

Example:

the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("deep freeze" is a kind of...):

inaction; inactiveness; inactivity (the state of being inactive)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation

Example:

deep-freeze the food

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "deep freeze" is one way to...):

freeze (cause to freeze)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs deep freeze the vegetables

Derivation:

deep-freeze (electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time)

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