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She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1853
freeze
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Meanings
verb
- (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.E.g. in the winter the milk froze
- store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.E.g. the cake can be frozen
- become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.E.g. she froze in horror
- hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.E.g. new spending on defence was to be frozen
noun
- an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.E.g. workers faced a pay freeze
- a period of frost or very cold weather.E.g. the big freeze surprised the weathermen
Practise saying this word
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