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deep-freeze noun & verb. [di:p'fri:z, as noun also 'di:pfri:z] In sense A.1 also (US proprietary name) Deepfreeze. M20.
[from DEEP adjective + FREEZE noun1.]
A. noun.
1. A refrigerator etc. in which food can be quickly frozen and stored for long periods at a very low temperature. M20.
2. Cold storage; fig. suspension of activity, suspended animation. M20.
B. verb trans. Infl. as FREEZE verb; pa. t. -froze . Freeze and store in a deep-freeze; preserve as by refrigeration. Freq. as deep-frozen ppl adjective. M20.
deep-freezer noun = DEEP-FREEZE noun 1 M20.