deep freeze

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noun
  1. a state or period of halted or suspended activity or progress: High interest rates created a deep freeze in housing construction.

  2. suspended animation.

Idioms about deep freeze

  1. put in / into the deep freeze, Informal. to stop or suspend the activity or progress of: A series of quarrels put their romance into the deep freeze.

Origin of deep freeze

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Other definitions for deep-freeze (2 of 3)

deep-freeze
[ deep-freez ]

verb (used with object),deep-freezed or deep-froze, deep-freezed or deep-fro·zen, deep-freez·ing.
  1. to quick-freeze (food).

  2. to store in a frozen state.

Origin of deep-freeze

2
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; deep + freeze

Other definitions for Deepfreeze (3 of 3)

Deepfreeze
[ deep-freez, -freez ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of deep freezer.

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British Dictionary definitions for deepfreeze

deepfreeze

/ (ˌdiːpˈfriːz) /


noun
  1. a type of refrigerator in which food, etc, is stored for long periods at temperatures below freezing

  2. storage in or as if in a deepfreeze

  1. informal a state of suspended activity

verbdeep-freeze -freezes, -freezing, -froze or -frozen
  1. (tr) to freeze or keep in or as if in a deepfreeze

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