frozen
adjUK /ˈfɹəʊzən/ · US /ˈfɹoʊzən/
Etymology From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
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Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
- The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
- frozen pizza
1 more example
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
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Figuratively Immobilized.
- I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
- "Dice" is a frozen plural.
- Derived terms
28 terms
cryofrozen, deep-frozen, enfrozen, frogurt, frosé, frozen binomial, frozen cow juice, frozen custard, frozen daiquiri, frozen dinner, frozen food, frozenly, frozenness, frozen peaches, frozen robot syndrome, frozen rope, frozen shoulder, frozen star, frozen stiff, frozen tail, frozen vacherin, frozen yoghurt, frozen yogurt, nonfrozen, permafrozen, quick-frozen, semifrozen, unfrozen