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frozen.

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfɹəʊzən/UK/ˈfɹoʊzən/US
  1. Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

    The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
    frozen pizza
  2. Immobilized.

    figuratively
    I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
  3. Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.

  4. 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.
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈfɹəʊzən/UK/ˈfɹoʊzən/US
  1. past participle of freeze

    form-of · participle · past
    The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.
Where this word comes from

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.

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