Definition of Deep freeze

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

Generic synonyms: Freeze
Derivative terms: Deep-freeze

2. Noun. Temporary inactivity or suspension. "The legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"
Generic synonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity

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
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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