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freeze-up
[ freez-uhp ]
noun
- a freezing over of a body of water in an area.
- a period of below-freezing temperatures.
- the condition of being immobilized or inoperative through freezing:
car engine freeze-up in winter.
freeze-up
noun
- a period of freezing or extremely cold weather
- the freezing of lakes, rivers, and topsoil in autumn or early winter
- the time of year when this occurs
Word History and Origins
Origin of freeze-up1
Example Sentences
But the game, like many in this early age of computer programming, had a bug and would freeze up on occasion.
Miraculously, Kim, who tends to freeze up and act awkward when thrown out of her very narrow comfort zone, was a sport and agreed.
When the soil pipe from a water-closet is exposed in cold weather it may freeze up or be clogged by urinary deposits.
They freeze up whole engine wheels with liquid air, then put on the tires, which are not frozen.
Then they comes back t' take their outfits up an' they has t' get in before freeze up.
I like to set traps in those springs for they never freeze up and the bait keeps much longer.
On level, and even high prairie land, water will stand in winter, and thoroughly saturate the soil and freeze up.
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