freezing point
n 1: the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
[syn: {freezing point}, {melting point}]
Freezing \Freez"ing\, a.
Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in
manner. -- {Frrez"ing*ly}, adv.
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{Freezing machine}. See {Ice machine}, under {Ice}.
{Freezing mixture}, a mixture (of salt and snow or of
chemical salts) for producing intense cold.
{Freezing point}, that degree of a thermometer at which a
fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water,
whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg]
Centigrade.
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