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freeze-up

freeze-up noun: the blocking of pipes due to freezing.

Noun

freeze-up (plural freeze-ups)

  1. The blocking of pipes due to freezing.
  2. A period of extremely cold, freezing weather.
    • The heaters, the S.R. now says, will "help tremendously" if there is severe snow and ice—a welcome change of tune from last winter, when the Region was countering criticism of its operation during the January freeze-up with a bland defence of existing precautions [...].1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Point heaters on the S.R.”, in Modern Railways, page 371
  3. The start of the time when surface waters are frozen over.

freeze-up meaning in Tamil

freeze-up in Tamil

தொடர் பனிமூடல்

Antonyms of freeze-up

Forms of freeze-up

pluralfreeze-ups

Origin of freeze-up

Deverbal from freeze up.

Questions about freeze-up

What does freeze-up mean?
Freeze-up means the blocking of pipes due to freezing.
What is freeze-up in Tamil?
Freeze-up in Tamil is தொடர் பனிமூடல். See Freeze-up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is freeze-up?
Freeze-up is a noun.
What is the plural of freeze-up?
The plural of freeze-up is freeze-ups.

Words near freeze-up in the dictionary

  1. freeze-frames
  2. freeze-framing
  3. freeze-out
  4. freeze-outs
  5. freeze-thaw
  6. freeze-up
  7. freeze-ups
  8. freezed
  9. freezeframe
  10. freezeframed
  11. freezeframes

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