frozen
English
Etymology
From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɹəʊzən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊzən
Adjective
frozen (comparative more frozen, superlative most frozen)
- In the state of that which freezes; in ice form.
- The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
- Immobilized.
- I just stood frozen as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
- (of a bank account) In a state such that transactions are not allowed.
Derived terms
Translations
in the state of that which freezes
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