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frozen

adjective
 
 
/ˈfrəʊ.zən/ US  /ˈfroʊ-/

Definition

B1 (of water) turned into ice, or (of food) preserved by freezing: They skated over the frozen lake. We don't have any fresh vegetables, only frozen peas.Preserving and storing foodSnow and iceCold B1 If a person, or a part of their body is frozen, they are very cold: I'm frozen - could you close the window? After walking through the snow, my feet were frozen stiff.ColdSnow and ice
(Definition of frozen adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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