| NOUN | process | freezing, freeze | the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid |
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| Sounds | friy'zihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid. | |
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| Synonym | freeze | |
| Narrower | freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation | A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure |
| frost, icing | The formation of frost or ice on a surface | |
| Broader | cooling, chilling, temperature reduction | The process of becoming cooler |
| phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change | A change from one state (solid or liquid / liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition | |
| Spanish | congelación, solidificación | |
| Catalan | congelació | |
| Verbs | freeze | change to ice |
| freeze | cause to freeze / freeze | |
| freeze | change from a liquid / liquid to a solid when cold | |
| freeze | be very cold, below the freezing point | |
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