freezing point
NounSynonyms:
melting point
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solidSynonyms: melting point
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]