an·ti·freeze

[an-ti-freez, an-tee-]
noun
a liquid used in the radiator of an internal-combustion engine to lower the freezing point of the cooling medium.

Origin:
1910–15; anti- + freeze

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antifreeze (ˈæntɪˌfriːz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a liquid, usually ethylene glycol (ethanediol), added to cooling water to lower its freezing point, esp for use in an internal-combustion engine

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Antifreeze is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

antifreeze
also anti-freeze; 1913 (adj.), 1935 as a noun; from anti- + freeze.
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antifreeze definition


  1. n.
    liquor; any legal or illegal alcohol. : With enough antifreeze, I can stand the cold.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Somebody might get careless and put antifreeze in where the oil is supposed to
  go.
Toothpaste tainted with an ingredient in antifreeze.
Natural antifreeze allows it to survive and even thrive in water temperatures
  that would freeze the blood of any other known fish.
They're made of polyethylene terephthalate, one component of which is basically
  antifreeze.
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