freezing : Idioms & Phrases

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Freezing machine

  • . See Ice machine, under Ice.
Webster 1913

Freezing mixture

  • noun a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water
WordNet
  • a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold.
Webster 1913

Freezing point

  • noun the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
    melting point.
WordNet
  • that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32° Fahr., and at 0° Centigrade.
Webster 1913