FREEZING


Meaning of FREEZING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fri:zɪŋ ]

1.

If you say that something is freezing or freezing cold , you are emphasizing that it is very cold.

The cinema was freezing.

...a freezing January afternoon.

ADJ [ emphasis ]

2.

If you say that you are freezing or freezing cold , you emphasizing that you feel very cold.

‘You must be freezing,’ she said.

ADJ : v-link ADJ [ emphasis ]

3.

Freezing means the same as freezing point .

It’s 15 degrees below freezing.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

see also freeze

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