deepfreeze

deepfreeze
   American
   a prison
   The common imagery of the cooler1:
    If the cops didn't grab him and chuck him in the deep freeze... (Chandler, 1958)

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  • Deepfreeze — ☆ Deepfreeze [dēp′frēz΄ ] [< DEEP + FREEZE] trademark for a deep freezer n. [d ] 1. a deep freezer 2. storage in or as in a deep freezer 3. a condition of suspended activity, dealings, etc. vt. deepfroze …   English World dictionary

  • Deepfreeze — noun electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time • Syn: ↑deep freeze, ↑deep freezer, ↑freezer • Derivationally related forms: ↑freeze (for: ↑freezer), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Deepfreeze — trademark used for a freezer for food storage …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Deepfreeze — /deep freez , freez /, Trademark. a brand of deep freezer. * * * …   Universalium

  • deepfreeze — n. refrigerator in which food is frozen and kept at very low temperature v. quickly freeze something and keep it at low temperature …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Deepfreeze™ — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Operation Deepfreeze — Operation Deep Freeze bezeichnet eine Reihe von Einsätzen der US Navy in der Antarktis, beginnend in der Saison 1955/56. Deep Freeze I fand in den Jahren 1955 und 1956 statt. Ziel dieser Aktion war die Einrichtung der Stationen Little America V… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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