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freeze-frame

freeze-frame is the alternative form of freeze frame.

Verb

freeze-frame (third-person singular simple present freeze-frames, present participle freeze-framing, simple past and past participle freeze-framed)

  1. (transitive) To show a video in slow motion using freeze frames.
  2. (transitive) To acquire a still image from (video footage).

Meaning of freeze frame

Noun

freeze frame (plural freeze frames)

  1. A single still frame or picture taken from a film (movie), or from a video stream.

Forms of freeze-frame

Noun
pluralfreeze-frames
alternative formfreeze frame
alternative formfreezeframe
Verb
third-person singular presentfreeze-frames
present participlefreeze-framing
past participlefreeze-framed
pastfreeze-framed

Questions about freeze-frame

What does freeze-frame mean?
Freeze-frame means to show a video in slow motion using freeze frames.
What is freeze-frame the alternative form of?
Freeze-frame is the alternative form of freeze frame.
What part of speech is freeze-frame?
Freeze-frame is a verb.
What is the past tense of freeze-frame?
The past tense of freeze-frame is freeze-framed.

Words near freeze-frame in the dictionary

  1. freeze-ahead
  2. freeze-dried
  3. freeze-dries
  4. freeze-dry
  5. freeze-drying
  6. freeze-frame
  7. freeze-framed
  8. freeze-frames
  9. freeze-framing
  10. freeze-out
  11. freeze-outs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freeze-frame (page history and authors); freeze frame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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