Deepfreeze
1 of 3trademark
Deep·freeze ˈdēp-ˌfrēz 
—used for a freezer for food storage
deep-freeze
2 of 3verb
ˈdēp-ˈfrēz
deep-froze ˈdēp-ˈfrōz ; deep-frozen ˈdēp-ˈfrō-zᵊn
; deep-frozen ˈdēp-ˈfrō-zᵊn transitive verb
1
: quick-freeze
2
: to store in a frozen state
deep freeze
3 of 3noun
ˈdēp-ˌfrēz
1
: cold storage sense 2
a bill … in deep freeze awaiting a new congress 
Newsweek
Newsweek2
: intense cold
Synonyms
Noun
- abeyance
- cold storage
- doldrums
- dormancy
- holding pattern
- latency
- moratorium
- quiescence
- suspended animation
- suspense
- suspension
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Example Sentences
Noun This part of the world experienced a deep freeze for several thousand years. a period of deep freeze
Recent Examples on the Web James Brown, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022 Without requirements, as exist elsewhere, for building extra capacity for times of high demand or stress, the state was ill-equipped to handle an abnormal deep freeze in February that knocked out power to 4 million customers for days. Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2021 Or the Fed could throw the economy into a deep freeze trying to cool inflation. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2022 Before the invasion on Feb. 24, even amid the deep freeze in relations between Russia and the West, luxury European playgrounds in Britain, France and Switzerland offered havens for Russia’s superrich. New York Times, 17 June 2022 Production of these materials were already constrained by last winter’s deep freeze in Texas, which had been driving up prices. NBC News, 11 Oct. 2021 Freakish February weather, including a historic deep freeze in Texas, sidelined petrochemical plants that produce resins needed for an array of products. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021 Around 20,000 years ago, following the Earth’s last deep freeze, the Wisconsinan Glacier began shrinking and the resulting melt revealed one of the southernmost peat bogs in the United States. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2022 Without requirements, as exist elsewhere, for building extra capacity for times of high demand or stress, the state was ill-equipped to handle an abnormal deep freeze in February that knocked out power to 4 million customers for days. Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2021 See More
Noun
Or in the deep freeze of January, February, March, and sometimes even April. James Brown, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022 Without requirements, as exist elsewhere, for building extra capacity for times of high demand or stress, the state was ill-equipped to handle an abnormal deep freeze in February that knocked out power to 4 million customers for days. Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2021 Or the Fed could throw the economy into a deep freeze trying to cool inflation. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2022 Before the invasion on Feb. 24, even amid the deep freeze in relations between Russia and the West, luxury European playgrounds in Britain, France and Switzerland offered havens for Russia’s superrich. New York Times, 17 June 2022 Production of these materials were already constrained by last winter’s deep freeze in Texas, which had been driving up prices. NBC News, 11 Oct. 2021 Freakish February weather, including a historic deep freeze in Texas, sidelined petrochemical plants that produce resins needed for an array of products. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021 Around 20,000 years ago, following the Earth’s last deep freeze, the Wisconsinan Glacier began shrinking and the resulting melt revealed one of the southernmost peat bogs in the United States. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2022 Without requirements, as exist elsewhere, for building extra capacity for times of high demand or stress, the state was ill-equipped to handle an abnormal deep freeze in February that knocked out power to 4 million customers for days. Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
Verb
1943, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1