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   freezing

   /ˈfriːzɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. below 0°C: "strong winds and freezing temperatures" Similar bitterly coldcoldchillchillingfrostyfrozenglacialwintrysub-zerorawbitingpiercingpenetratingcuttingstingingnumbingarcticpolarSiberianinformal:Balticrare:gelidbrumalrimyalgidcircumpolarOpposite balmy
   • ▪ (used hyperbolically) very cold: "he was freezing and miserable" Similar frozenextremely coldpainfully coldnumb with coldvery chillychilled throughchilled to the bone/marrowfrozen to the corefrozen stiffshiveryshiveringfrostbitteninformal:frozen to deathOpposite hot
   • ▪ (of fog or rain) consisting of droplets which freeze rapidly on contact with a surface to form ice crystals.

   noun

   • 1. the freezing point of water (0°C): "the temperature was well above freezing"

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • F

     4

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • Z

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   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

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