frozen

adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈfɹəʊzən//
United States//ˈfɹoʊzən//

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

adjective

1
Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
The mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
frozen pizza
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 the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
2
figurativeImmobilized.
I just stood frozen in terror as the robber pointed at me with his gun.
3
Of an account or assets, in a state such that transactions are not allowed.
4
Retaining an older, obsolete syntax of an earlier version of a language, which now operates only on a specific word or phrase.
"Dice" is a frozen plural.

Etymology

From Middle English frozen, frosen, ifrozen, variant of froren, ifroren ("frozen"; > see frorn), past participle of Middle English fresen, freosen (“to freeze”). By surface analysis, freeze + -n.

verb

1
Also a form of freezepast participle of freeze
The mammoth was frozen shortly after death.

Forms

comparative: more frozen
superlative: most frozen

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frozen · Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

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