noun
Meaning 1
A chest freezer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
deep freeze
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noun
Meaning 2
A time period of very cold weather, in which the temperatures are below freezing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 3
temporary inactivity or suspension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze
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Broader terms: inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
verb
Meaning 4
store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- deep-freeze the food
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Broader terms: freeze
History
Etymology
From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.