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Definition freeze in British English

freeze noun

noun
/friːz/
1

an official decision to prevent any increase in the number, level, or rate of something

Example

a pay/wage/price freeze

Example

There has been a freeze on the number of police officers.

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2

a drop in temperature to 0° Celsius or below

Example

A freeze is expected tonight.

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2.1

a period of time when the weather is extremely cold

Example

the big freeze of 1941

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3

a time when something is not developing as it used to or should

Example

The events in Hanoi ended a two-year freeze in relations between the U.S. and Viet Nam.

Definition freeze in British English