quick-freeze

verb

Definition of quick-freezenext
as in to freeze

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  1. freeze
  2. ice
  3. frost
  4. supercool
Verb
  • However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.
    David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Place them back on the baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes to firm up the chocolate.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of freeze
Verb
  • Earth iced over during the Cryogenian Period, but life on the planet survived. Solving a Snowball Earth Mystery on a Mountain Pikes Peak, originally named Tavá Kaa-viby the Ute people, lends its ancestral name, Tava, to these notable rocks.
    Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The perpetrators have all been convicted in special diamond courts in Antwerp, and their presence on this board effectively ices them out of the industry.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of ice
Verb
  • Warm lights, frosted greenery, and shimmery ribbon all help brighten the powerful use of black hue.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Bridgework and components can be frosted, grained, or mirror-polished.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of frost
Verb
  • Gizmodo reports that some whimsical scientists have supercooled their Lego bricks in order to test for heat tolerance.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Any potential solution, like one proposed in 2018 that uses cesium gas, must combine extremely high-level knowledge of multiple disciplines and cutting-edge tools like supercooling and antimatter beams.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2019
Definition of supercool
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