Lexic.us

Definition of Frozen

1. Adjective. Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold. "Children skating on a frozen brook"

2. Adjective. Absolutely still. "They stood rooted in astonishment"

3. Adjective. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. "Wintry smile"

4. Adjective. Not thawed.

5. Adjective. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value. "Frozen foods"

6. Adjective. Not convertible to cash. "Frozen assets"

7. Adjective. Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.. "Living on fixed incomes"

Definition of Frozen

1. a. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook.

Definition of Frozen

1. Adjective. In the state of that which freezes; in ice form. ¹

2. Adjective. immobilized ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of a bank account) in a state such that transactions are not allowed. ¹

4. Verb. (past participle of freeze) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frozen

1. very cold [adj] : FROZENLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Frozen

1. 1. Congealed with cold; affected by freezing; as, a frozen brook. "They warmed their frozen feet." (Dryden) 2. Subject to frost, or to long and severe cold; chilly; as, the frozen north; the frozen zones. 3. Cold-hearted; unsympathetic; unyielding. "Be not ever frozen, coy." (T. Carew) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frozen

frowstiest frowsting frowsts frowsty frowsy frowy frowzier frowziest frowzily frowziness

frowzled frowzy froyo froyos froze frozen (current term) frozen(p) frozen-in flow law frozen cow juice frozen custard

frozen custards frozen dessert frozen dinner frozen dinners frozen food frozen foods frozen metaphor frozen orange juice frozen pelvis frozen pudding

Literary usage of Frozen

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

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"Many bacteriological processes, as ammonification, denitrification, and free nitrogen fixation, have shown an increase in frozen soils. ..."

2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The great rivers which covered the Roman provinces, the Rhine and the Danube, were frequently frozen over, and capable of supporting the most enormous ..."

3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"Sorbet, — strictly speaking, frozen punch ; the name is often given to a water ... Philadelphia Ice Cream, — thin cream, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"FREEZING AND frozen WATER. Water performs part of its geological work in the act of freezing, and another part when frozen, in the condition of ..."

5. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"In 763, the cold was so intense that the Strait of Dardanelles and the Black Sea were entirely frozen over. The snow, in some places, drifted to the depth ..."

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