frozenadj.

Brit.

/ˈfrəʊzn/, U.S.

/ˈfroʊz(ə)n/

Forms: see the verb.

Etymology: past participle of freeze v.

a. Congealed by extreme cold; subjected or exposed to extreme cold; spec. of food: preserved by refrigeration to below freezing point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen

yfrorec1275

frore1297

frozena1340

congealed?a1475

fast1706

vitrified1777

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > preserved by cooling or freezing

frozen1872

refrigerated1884

chilled1891

quick-frozen1930

hydrocooled1945

freeze-dried1946

cook-freeze1970

cook-chill1974

flash-frozen1977

sous vide1986

cook-chilled1989

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxv. 5 Þe south blawand frosyn strandis lesis & rennys.

a1400–50 Alexander 3063 Sir Dary..fande it [the burne] frosyn hym byfore.

1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 303 The nauigation by the frosen sea.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 587 Beyond this flood a frozen Continent Lies dark and wilde.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 3 Warmth adds Spirits to our frozen Limbs.

1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. i. 90 A piece of frozen mercury..thrown into a little water at 32°.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 224 In Canada..frozen meat is a common article of commerce.

1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxxvi. 471 About 90 per cent. of the whole frozen and chilled meat trade.

1893 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Feb. 89/3 Allowance must be made in the North-West [of Canada] for a proportion of frozen wheat.

1933 Discovery Apr. 127 The authors described some new experiments designed to retain the full flavour and colour of frozen fruit.

1950 Archit. Rev. 108 142/3 A ‘Kelvinator’ dual freeze unit— i.e., for ordinary refrigeration and frozen food storage.

1957 Daily Mail 5 Sept. 9/4 Frozen-food producers came to the rescue with frozen fried fish and now the latest, frozen chips.

1967 Listener 20 Apr. 533/3 The same frozen scampi and vegetables.

b. figurative and of immaterial things. Of facts, truth (U.S.) = hard adj., solid adj. the frozen limit (colloquial): the hard and fast limit; the ne plus ultra of what is objectionable or unendurable; see limit n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > a farthest limit

ultimo1622

solsticea1631

ultimuma1657

frontier1672–3

upshot1699

ultimatum1748

verge1796

edge1911

the frozen limit1916

1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 367 Is that olde acquaintance..frozen..in you?

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 23 But farre worse then any frozen captivity is the bondage of Prelates.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 38 Verse fires the frozen Veins.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 146 They hoped to see..christian charity, then frozen, wax warm.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xv. 25 The tender blue of that large loving eye Grew frozen with its gaze on vacancy.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 62 This frozen sisterhood of the allegoric family.

1867 M. Arnold Sonn. West London The rich she had let pass with frozen stare.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Herald 25 Sept. ‘Frozen Facts’ is a purely American expression.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Herald 22 Oct. 2/2 We were simply stating the frozen truth.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin v. 79 Oh, to hell with you and your rotten excuses!.. You're about the frozen limit!

1917 W. H. L. Watson Adv. Despatch Rider x. 216 I don't mind their machine-guns, but their Minnenwerfer are the frozen limit!

1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond i. §1 Only his eyes redeemed his face from being what is known in the vernacular as the Frozen Limit.

c. Billiards. Used to designate a ball at rest in close contact with another ball or a cushion.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [adjective] > positions of balls

cushioned1744

frozen1904

1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards II. 275 When the object is frozen to the side cushion.

1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards II. 287 Here we have the red ball ‘frozen’ or ‘tight up’ against an end cushion.

1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards II. 293 A ball ‘frozen’ on a cushion.

1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 188 When object balls are frozen they remain in play as they are.

d. Of credits, assets, etc.: impossible to liquidate or realize at maturity or some other given time. Also figurative (opposed to liquid adj. 6; cf. freeze v. 5e.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > capable of being converted into cash > not

unrealizable1883

illiquid1913

frozen1922

1922 Daily Mail 16 Dec. 9 Germany has an immense quantity of ‘frozen credits’ locked up in this country.

1923 Daily Mail 9 Jan. 7 A large part of British assets..were temporarily ‘frozen’.

1929 Encycl. Brit. IX. 876/2 Frozen credit, credit (generally bank-loans) which has been extended but which the creditors find it impossible or highly inexpedient to collect at maturity or at any given time... In such a case the bank will often renew or extend the loan, and this credit is said to be frozen, a term signifying the opposite of ‘liquid’ as applied to credit, capital or assets.

1930 Times 24 Mar. 23/5 The opportunity to accomplish this liquidation of over $10,000,000 of frozen assets.

1937 P. G. Wodehouse Lord Emsworth & Others iv. 158 Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game.

1959 Daily Tel. 2 May 6/2 Property sequestrated or, to use the current jargon, ‘frozen’.

e. Of a journal (journal n. 10) and its bearing: immovable by reason of expansion consequent upon imperfect lubrication.

ΚΠ

1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Frozen.

2. frozen-out: cut off or excluded by frost. frozen-up: closed or stopped by frost.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > closed or cut off

frozen-up1885

1885 G. Allen Babylon iii On the stray chance of catching a frozen-out racoon.

1890 Daily News 31 Dec. 3/2 ‘All froze-out poor working men who've got no work to do-o-o’..The carrying of water to frozen-up householders has become almost a..recognised industry. In many of the suburbs there has been..a mellifluous sing-song telling of frozen-up pipes.

1893 Daily News 23 Feb. 7/4 The frozen-up German seed is still delayed.

Compounds

frozen-faced, frozen-hearted adjs.

ΚΠ

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 26 They are not men, but cold statues, and such as the frozen hearted Venetians.

1921 S. H. Adams Success vii. 212 Old frozen-faced Willis Enderby.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. II. iii. ix. 150 His frozen-faced terror.

1964 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 1/2 Even the most frozen-faced Cardinals in Vatican City were taken by surprise in viewing..the overpowering..enthusiasm the Pope encountered.

Derivatives

ˈfrozenly adv. in a frozen manner; with a cold look or action; (U.S.) stubbornly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] > in a frozen manner

frozenly1725

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling

freezinglya1420

coldly1550

frostily1616

coolly1627

chilly1640

wintry1691

chillinglyc1784

icily1825

wintrily1843

frozenly1851

frigidly1883

chillily1886

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > not affably

strangelyc1374

coldly1550

squeamishly1571

coolly1627

chilly1640

reservedly1710

repulsively1725

starchly1755

chillinglyc1784

distantly1798

uncordially1811

stiffly1823

frozenly1851

pokerishly1867

chillily1886

standoffishly1892

aloofly1963

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Towering The Signs of which are, they look frozenly on their Sides.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xv, in Writings I. 151 He..looked frozenly at the prisoner, rebuking him [etc.].

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 150 I..began to hack frozenly at a log.

ˈfrozenness n. frozen condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition

frozenness1653

congealedness1664

congelation1686

freeze-up1876

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 486 For however people have now and then a warm fit of giving..they soon returne to that frozenness, which is hardly dissolved by any mans warmest breathings.

Draft additions August 2007

frozen yogurt n. a type of frozen dessert made with yogurt, usually regarded as a low-fat alternative to ice cream.

ΚΠ

1969 N.Y. Times 3 June 73/5 Frozen yogurt on a stick.

1994 Bon Appétit July 48/1 Using frozen yogurt for the sundaes instead of a premium ice cream reduces the fat in each serving by one-third.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	frozen
释义	frozenadj. Brit. /ˈfrəʊzn/, U.S. /ˈfroʊz(ə)n/ Forms: see the verb. Etymology: past participle of freeze v. 1. a. Congealed by extreme cold; subjected or exposed to extreme cold; spec. of food: preserved by refrigeration to below freezing point. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen yfrorec1275 frore1297 frozena1340 congealed?a1475 fast1706 vitrified1777 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective] > preserved by cooling or freezing frozen1872 refrigerated1884 chilled1891 quick-frozen1930 hydrocooled1945 freeze-dried1946 cook-freeze1970 cook-chill1974 flash-frozen1977 sous vide1986 cook-chilled1989 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxv. 5 Þe south blawand frosyn strandis lesis & rennys. a1400–50 Alexander 3063 Sir Dary..fande it [the burne] frosyn hym byfore. 1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 303 The nauigation by the frosen sea. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 587 Beyond this flood a frozen Continent Lies dark and wilde. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 3 Warmth adds Spirits to our frozen Limbs. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. i. 90 A piece of frozen mercury..thrown into a little water at 32°. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 224 In Canada..frozen meat is a common article of commerce. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxxvi. 471 About 90 per cent. of the whole frozen and chilled meat trade. 1893 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 Feb. 89/3 Allowance must be made in the North-West [of Canada] for a proportion of frozen wheat. 1933 Discovery Apr. 127 The authors described some new experiments designed to retain the full flavour and colour of frozen fruit. 1950 Archit. Rev. 108 142/3 A ‘Kelvinator’ dual freeze unit— i.e., for ordinary refrigeration and frozen food storage. 1957 Daily Mail 5 Sept. 9/4 Frozen-food producers came to the rescue with frozen fried fish and now the latest, frozen chips. 1967 Listener 20 Apr. 533/3 The same frozen scampi and vegetables. b. figurative and of immaterial things. Of facts, truth (U.S.) = hard adj., solid adj. the frozen limit (colloquial): the hard and fast limit; the ne plus ultra of what is objectionable or unendurable; see limit n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit > a farthest limit ultimo1622 solsticea1631 ultimuma1657 frontier1672–3 upshot1699 ultimatum1748 verge1796 edge1911 the frozen limit1916 1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 367 Is that olde acquaintance..frozen..in you? 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 23 But farre worse then any frozen captivity is the bondage of Prelates. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 38 Verse fires the frozen Veins. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 146 They hoped to see..christian charity, then frozen, wax warm. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xv. 25 The tender blue of that large loving eye Grew frozen with its gaze on vacancy. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 62 This frozen sisterhood of the allegoric family. 1867 M. Arnold Sonn. West London The rich she had let pass with frozen stare. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Herald 25 Sept. ‘Frozen Facts’ is a purely American expression. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Herald 22 Oct. 2/2 We were simply stating the frozen truth. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin v. 79 Oh, to hell with you and your rotten excuses!.. You're about the frozen limit! 1917 W. H. L. Watson Adv. Despatch Rider x. 216 I don't mind their machine-guns, but their Minnenwerfer are the frozen limit! 1920 ‘Sapper’ Bull-dog Drummond i. §1 Only his eyes redeemed his face from being what is known in the vernacular as the Frozen Limit. c. Billiards. Used to designate a ball at rest in close contact with another ball or a cushion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [adjective] > positions of balls cushioned1744 frozen1904 1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards II. 275 When the object is frozen to the side cushion. 1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards II. 287 Here we have the red ball ‘frozen’ or ‘tight up’ against an end cushion. 1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards II. 293 A ball ‘frozen’ on a cushion. 1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 188 When object balls are frozen they remain in play as they are. d. Of credits, assets, etc.: impossible to liquidate or realize at maturity or some other given time. Also figurative (opposed to liquid adj. 6; cf. freeze v. 5e.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > capable of being converted into cash > not unrealizable1883 illiquid1913 frozen1922 1922 Daily Mail 16 Dec. 9 Germany has an immense quantity of ‘frozen credits’ locked up in this country. 1923 Daily Mail 9 Jan. 7 A large part of British assets..were temporarily ‘frozen’. 1929 Encycl. Brit. IX. 876/2 Frozen credit, credit (generally bank-loans) which has been extended but which the creditors find it impossible or highly inexpedient to collect at maturity or at any given time... In such a case the bank will often renew or extend the loan, and this credit is said to be frozen, a term signifying the opposite of ‘liquid’ as applied to credit, capital or assets. 1930 Times 24 Mar. 23/5 The opportunity to accomplish this liquidation of over $10,000,000 of frozen assets. 1937 P. G. Wodehouse Lord Emsworth & Others iv. 158 Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game. 1959 Daily Tel. 2 May 6/2 Property sequestrated or, to use the current jargon, ‘frozen’. e. Of a journal (journal n. 10) and its bearing: immovable by reason of expansion consequent upon imperfect lubrication. ΚΠ 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Frozen. 2. frozen-out: cut off or excluded by frost. frozen-up: closed or stopped by frost. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > closed or cut off frozen-up1885 1885 G. Allen Babylon iii On the stray chance of catching a frozen-out racoon. 1890 Daily News 31 Dec. 3/2 ‘All froze-out poor working men who've got no work to do-o-o’..The carrying of water to frozen-up householders has become almost a..recognised industry. In many of the suburbs there has been..a mellifluous sing-song telling of frozen-up pipes. 1893 Daily News 23 Feb. 7/4 The frozen-up German seed is still delayed. Compounds frozen-faced, frozen-hearted adjs. ΚΠ 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 26 They are not men, but cold statues, and such as the frozen hearted Venetians. 1921 S. H. Adams Success vii. 212 Old frozen-faced Willis Enderby. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. II. iii. ix. 150 His frozen-faced terror. 1964 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 1/2 Even the most frozen-faced Cardinals in Vatican City were taken by surprise in viewing..the overpowering..enthusiasm the Pope encountered. Derivatives ˈfrozenly adv. in a frozen manner; with a cold look or action; (U.S.) stubbornly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adverb] > in a frozen manner frozenly1725 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > coldly or without warm feeling freezinglya1420 coldly1550 frostily1616 coolly1627 chilly1640 wintry1691 chillinglyc1784 icily1825 wintrily1843 frozenly1851 frigidly1883 chillily1886 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > not affably strangelyc1374 coldly1550 squeamishly1571 coolly1627 chilly1640 reservedly1710 repulsively1725 starchly1755 chillinglyc1784 distantly1798 uncordially1811 stiffly1823 frozenly1851 pokerishly1867 chillily1886 standoffishly1892 aloofly1963 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Towering The Signs of which are, they look frozenly on their Sides. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xv, in Writings I. 151 He..looked frozenly at the prisoner, rebuking him [etc.]. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 150 I..began to hack frozenly at a log. ˈfrozenness n. frozen condition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition frozenness1653 congealedness1664 congelation1686 freeze-up1876 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 486 For however people have now and then a warm fit of giving..they soon returne to that frozenness, which is hardly dissolved by any mans warmest breathings. Draft additions August 2007 frozen yogurt n. a type of frozen dessert made with yogurt, usually regarded as a low-fat alternative to ice cream. ΚΠ 1969 N.Y. Times 3 June 73/5 Frozen yogurt on a stick. 1994 Bon Appétit July 48/1 Using frozen yogurt for the sundaes instead of a premium ice cream reduces the fat in each serving by one-third. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1340
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