Also Inflected form of freeze
frozen
fro·zen
adjective
1.
2.
- “frozen with horror”
- “they stood rooted in astonishment”
3.
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
- “a frigid greeting”
- “got a frosty reception”
- “a frozen look on their faces”
- “a glacial handshake”
- “icy stare”
- “wintry smile”
5.
used of foods; preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value
- “frozen foods”
6.
Origin
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.
Phrases
- frozen binomial
- frozen cow juice
- frozen custard
- frozen daiquiri
- frozen dinner
- frozen food
- frozen peaches
- frozen robot syndrome
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