Meaning & use
subzero
Describing a temperature that falls below zero degrees on a given scale.
See it in a sentence
Subzero temperatures froze the lake solid within a single week.
Workers wore heavy insulated gear to survive the subzero conditions outside.
A note on using this word
In everyday American use this usually means below zero Fahrenheit, so it can describe a much colder point than "freezing."
Words with a similar meaning
freezingbelow-zero
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