anti freeze

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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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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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.
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