frozen
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɹəʊzən/ / /ˈfɹoʊzən/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
- Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
“The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.”
“frozen pizza”
- Immobilized.
“I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.”
- Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
- Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
“"Dice" is a frozen plural.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.
- past participle of freeze
“The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.”