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deep freeze

noun

Etymology

From deep + freeze. Second sense appears c. 1851 in the publication Prairie Farmer.

  1. derived from *prews-✻ — “to freeze; frost”
  2. inherited from *freusaną✻ — “to freeze”
  3. inherited from *freusan✻
  4. inherited from frēosan — “to freeze”
  5. inherited from fresen
  6. compounded as deep freeze — “deep + freeze”

Definitions

  1. A chest freezer.

  2. A time period of very cold weather, in which the temperatures are below freezing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA