frozen
/ˈfɹoʊzən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.32 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
adj
Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
verb
Example Sentences
- "The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years."
- "frozen pizza"
- "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."
- "I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun."
- ""Dice" is a frozen plural."
- "The mammoth was frozen shortly after death."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: frozen, fresen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹoʊzən/
- British English: /ˈfɹəʊzən/
Inflected Forms
more frozen (comparative)
most frozen (superlative)