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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deep freeze

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
deep- freeze
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chest freezer.

noun

A time period of very cold weather, in which the temperatures are below freezing.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

deep freezes (plural) deep-freeze (alternative) deepfreeze (alternative)

Questions

What does deep freeze mean?
A chest freezer.
Where does deep freeze come from?
From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.

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