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freezing

  • adjective
  • /ˈfɹiːz.ɪŋ/

Suffering or causing frost.

Other meanings

  1. The freezing point of water, zero degrees celsius.

  2. aloof, unfriendly.

Related words

  • freezingly
  • freezingness
  • nonfreezing
  • subfreezing

Example sentences

  • “What are you doing outside barefoot in such freezing weather?”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
  • “My hands are freezing.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “freezing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.