deepfreeze

(ˌdiːpˈfriːz)

1. (Mechanical Engineering) a type of refrigerator in which food, etc, is stored for long periods at temperatures below freezing

2. storage in or as if in a deepfreeze

3. informal a state of suspended activity

vb, -freezes, -freezing, -froze or -frozen

(tr) to freeze or keep in or as if in a deepfreeze

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Noun

Deepfreeze - electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

deep freezer, deep-freeze, freezer

electric refrigerator, fridge - a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor

Translations

deepfreeze

[ˌdiːpˈfriːz] n → congelatore m

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In a lecture in 2001 the then Cardinal Ratzinger said it would be "fatal" for the Tridentine liturgy to be "placed in a deepfreeze, left like a national park, a park protected for the sake of a certain kind of people, for whom one leaves available these relics of the past."

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The units, especially developed for deepfreeze and blastfreeze applications, reach temperatures of -50[degrees] C, and use up to 40% less energy than conventional HCFC systems.

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