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Definition of Deep freeze

1. Noun. Temporary inactivity or suspension. "The legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"

2. Verb. Store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation. "The chefs deep freeze the vegetables"; "Deep-freeze the food"

Definition of Deep freeze

1. Noun. a freezer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep Freeze

deep end deep epigastric vein deep facial vein deep fascia deep fascia of arm deep fascia of forearm deep fascia of leg deep fascia of neck deep fascia of thigh deep femoral vein

deep fibular nerve deep flexor muscle of fingers deep fording deep freeze (current term) deep freezer deep fryer deep geological repository deep gray layer of superior colliculus deep head of flexor pollicis brevis deep hypothermic arrest

deep in thought(p) deep inelastic collision deep infrapatellar bursa deep inside deep intracerebral haemorrhage deep kiss

Literary usage of Deep freeze

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. America on the Ice: Antarctic Policy Issues by Frank G. Klotz (1998)
"The following summer, the US Navy—responsible for Antarctic logistics during the American IGY program—conducted its first Operation deep freeze. ..."

2. Capital (1888)
"If an embryo can be kept alive in deep freeze in a state of arrested growth, why not a baby or even an adult ? The possibility has already been discussed in ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Vaccinia virus harvested from rabbits was stored as undiluted pulp in a deep freeze. The infected chorioallantoic membranes were stored either as such or as ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"prepared from approximately equal amounts of a scrapie goat brain held for six months in deep freeze and of a scrapie Cheviot sheep brain held for five days ..."

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