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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfrozen,frosen,ifrozen, variant offroren,ifroren("frozen"; > seefrorn), past participle ofMiddle Englishfresen,freosen(“to freeze”). Bysurface analysis,freeze +‎-n.

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Adjective

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frozen (comparativemorefrozen,superlativemostfrozen)

  1. Having undergone the process offreezing; inice form.
    The mammoth has beenfrozen for ten thousand years.
    frozen pizza
    • 2013 July 26,Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 7, page32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be thefrozenchicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
  2. Immobilized.
    I just stoodfrozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
  3. (of a bank account or assets) In a state such thattransactions are not allowed.
  4. (grammar) Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
    "Dice" is afrozen plural.

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Translations

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having undergone freezing

Verb

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frozen

  1. pastparticiple offreeze
    The mammoth wasfrozen shortly after death.
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