Meaning & use
freezing
Extremely cold, at or near the temperature at which water turns to ice.
See it in a sentence
It was absolutely freezing outside, so we bundled up in three layers.
Her hands were freezing after waiting at the bus stop for twenty minutes.
A note on using this word
Freezing is often used informally as an intensifier for extreme cold, even when the actual temperature is well above the literal freezing point.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
boilingsweltering
Another way to use it
2. verb
The process by which a liquid becomes solid due to a drop in temperature.
Freezing the leftover soup will let us store it for another month.
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