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antifreeze

[ an-ti-freez, an-tee- ]

noun

  1. a liquid used in the radiator of an internal-combustion engine to lower the freezing point of the cooling medium.


antifreeze

/ ˈæntɪˌfriːz /

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of antifreeze1

First recorded in 1910–15; anti- + freeze

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Example Sentences

McCarthy related the time he brought cookies and antifreeze to a woman whose car was having trouble at the entrance to his neighborhood.

The “Pfizer-is-filled-with-antifreeze” talking point has become a popular myth among anti-vaxxers.

By taking a page from nature, my colleagues and I hope to develop effective but more benign antifreeze compounds.

Fish, insects, and even some plants have learned to adapt to cold climates over hundreds of thousands of years by making their own antifreeze agents to survive subfreezing temperatures.

While there’s still much we don’t understand, we are using advanced computer modeling to see how antifreeze proteins interact with water molecules.

The cinnamon-flavored swill has been recalled in Europe over a chemical found in antifreeze.

They're like the kid who puts antifreeze in the gas tank and then says see, I told you that car wouldn't run.

Here I was thinking I was cheating death when I was more likely inhaling Chinese-made antifreeze.

Propylene glycol as a liquid, he told me, is “similar to antifreeze.”

Propylene glycol, on the other hand, is used to reduce the toxicity of antifreeze.

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