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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid;
[syn: freezing point, melting point]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Freezing \Freez"ing\, a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- Frrez"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice. Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg] Centigrade. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

freezing point n 1: the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid [syn: freezing point, melting point]