Freezing

Freez·ing

Freezing

a.
  1. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.

Phrases & Compounds

Freezing machine
See Ice machine, under Ice.
Freezing mixture
a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold.
Freezing point
that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32° Fahr., and at 0° Centigrade.