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(adj)
(literary) Very cold; icy or frosty.
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Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.
Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
(of a thing) Having a low temperature.
Of, or relating to glaciers.
(geography) Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
As cold as ice; very cold.
Causing mild fear.
Cold enough to cause discomfort.
(n)
The blocking of pipes due to freezing.
Cooled.
With ice added.
Water in frozen (solid) form.
The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.
(slang) High on drugs, especially cannabis.
A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
A beam of light or radiation.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
Alternative form of lockup. [(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.]
The selective regulation or restriction of access to something.
(computing) The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.
Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.
(informal, weather) Rather cold.
(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
Alternative spelling of immobiliser. [Something or someone that immobilises.]
Alternative spelling of immobilization. [The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.]
The act of something that stops; a halt.
The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.
(US, Canada) A brand of dessert made from gelatin.
The act or process of preventing a thing from moving.
(Canada, US) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
(v)
To halt something temporarily.
(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
A ban on trade with another country.
Alternative spelling of set-aside. [Something (especially money) that is set aside for a specific purpose.]
Something (especially money) that is set aside for a specific purpose.
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
(of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
Complete immobility; a halt.
(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
(figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
A suspension of an ongoing activity.
A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
The act or process of refrigerating.
Alternative form of ice-cold. [As cold as ice; very cold.]
Cold, chilly; icy.
Less than zero, most commonly used to refer to temperature.
That numbs.
Causing a stinging sensation.
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
Very cold.
Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
Chilled to the point of freezing.
Causing to chill or cool.
(of a surface) that has been affected by the freeze-thaw cycle
Involving both freezing and thawing.
Preventing, or countering the effects of frost.
frozen by means of cryonics
Very cold; covered in ice or cold air.
That prevents freezing.
resistant to freezing
Alternative spelling of quick-frozen. [Whose temperature has been lowered rapidly to below the freezing point.]
A hole made in the body so that jewellery can be worn through it.
Having been frozen again.
(geology, of a subsurface horizon) Perennially frozen.
(obsolete) Cooling.
resistant to damage from freezing or from low temperatures
frozen in a deep freeze
damaged by cold
Whose temperature has been lowered rapidly to below the freezing point.
infarcted as a result of low temperature