freezing mixture


noun
  1. a mixture of two substances, usually salt and ice, to give a temperature below 0°C

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How to use freezing mixture in a sentence

  • In the time of snow, a freezing mixture may easily be made, by mixing a little snow and common salt in a basin near the fire.

  • The M.T. provided us with anti-freezing mixture for the radiators, but the antifreezing cheerfully froze!

    Fanny Goes to War | Pat Beauchamp
  • The freezing mixture has here produced to all appearance the same effect as the flame.

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • But let the freezing mixture continue to act: the falling of the column continues to a certain point; it then ceases.

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • The best proportion for a freezing mixture of salt and ice is one part salt to three parts of finely powdered or shaved ice.

    Physics | Willis Eugene Tower