I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above freezing/zero (= higher than the temperature at which water freezes )
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Tonight, temperatures should be just above freezing.
below freezing/zero (= lower than the temperature at which water freezes )
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In winter, temperatures dip to 40 degrees below freezing.
freezing fog
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Flights were cancelled due to freezing fog.
freezing point
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Alcohol has a lower freezing point than water.
freezing rain (= extremely cold rain )
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the icy wind and freezing rain
freezing/icy cold
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Take your gloves – it’s freezing cold out there.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boiling point/freezing point/melting point etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few rain squalls perhaps, but the temperature was well above freezing .
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cold
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It was freezing cold in all the rooms.
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It was cascading rain and freezing cold .
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It was freezing cold and we didn't go inside anywhere.
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Then, in the freezing cold of London in February 1969, his feet swelled up.
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In the freezing cold and pitch dark, families were driven to clinging to the roof.
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We stayed in a frontier hotel about 6,000 feet up, in a night of freezing cold .
fog
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It really seems as if some drivers fall prey to a death wish when freezing fog descends.
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Creeping in from both sides was a freezing fog .
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Both pile-ups happened in freezing fog .
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Police blamed the crash on drivers going too fast and too close in freezing fog .
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As she stood waiting for a taxi a speeding car appeared out of the freezing fog .
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Carbon-dioxide ice smoked all around, making a freezing fog that glowed eerily where the rising sun was trapped in its skeins.
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Police and motoring organisations urged drivers to keep their speed down and take extra care as freezing fog gripped the country.
point
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The snow may crust at night, due to outward radiation, even thought the air temperature remains well above freezing point .
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This is the freezing point of water at one atmosphere.
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These are elevation of boiling point , depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure.
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Even in summer, the temperature rarely rises above freezing point .
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It is in fact a liquid cooled below its freezing point without crystallising.
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An electric fan heater maintains a temperature just above freezing point .
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The depression of freezing point can be determined experimentally using the apparatus shown in figure 6.38.
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A cooling curve is plotted and the freezing point determined.
temperature
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When we go out into the freezing temperatures tonight, we know that we should be doing something.
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Jubilant, most gave up the idea of protesting in the freezing temperatures again, but approximately 1,000 persisted with their plan.
water
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I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways, ending up chest deep in freezing water .
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If you haven't already done so, remove and drain pumps so that freezing water doesn't damage them.
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The crewmen had to be pulled from the freezing water by colleagues in an inflatable boat.
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He had managed to dislodge the noose from his neck and save himself by jumping into the freezing water below.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a freezing cold day in January
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Can't we go inside? It's freezing out here.
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Close the window - it's freezing in here.
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His friends pulled him from the freezing water.
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How much longer do we have to wait out her? I'm freezing .
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It's absolutely freezing in the basement.
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My flimsy jacket was inadequate for the freezing Japanese weather.
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Supporters queued for tickets all night in freezing conditions.
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The little children sat in rows in the freezing classroom.
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The river is freezing cold this time of year.