deep freeze

US: (dēp′frēz′)

Inflections of 'deep freeze' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

deep-freezes

v 3rd person singular

deep-freezing

v pres p

deep-freezed

v past

deep-froze

v past

deep-freezed

v past p

deep-frozen

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ˈdeep ˈfreeze, n. [uncountable]

1. the storage of food, furs, etc., in a place kept artificially cold.

ˈdeep-ˈfreeze,  v. [ ~ + obj], -freezed or -froze, -freezed or -fro•zen, -freez•ing. 

1. Food to quick-freeze (food):
   They had deep-frozen the fish well ahead of time.
2. to store in a frozen state.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

deep′ freeze′, 

1. a state or period of halted or suspended activity or progress:
   High interest rates created a deep freeze in housing construction.
2. suspended animation.
3. Idioms put in or into the deep freeze, [Informal.] to stop or suspend the activity or progress of:
   A series of quarrels put their romance into the deep freeze.
• 1940–45, American.

Deep•freeze  (dēp′frēz′, -frēz′), [Trademark.]

1. Trademarks a brand of deep freezer.

deep-freeze  (dēp′frēz′), v.t., -freezed or -froze, -freezed or -fro•zen, -freez•ing. 

1. Food to quick-freeze (food).
2. to store in a frozen state.

• deep + freeze 1945–50, American.