quick-freeze
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.06 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A chamber or device in which the temperature may be rapidly lowered to below to freezing point.
verb
To rapidly reduce the temperature of something to below the freezing point, thereby preserving some aspect of it (such as position or flavor) that would otherwise be lost during the freezing process.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Sandra liked to buy blueberries that had been quick-frozen, since she thought that their taste was better preserved that way."
- "Ed liked to pore through his old photographs, looking back over moments of his life quick-frozen in time."