refreeze

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/ɹiːˈfɹiːz/

verb

To freeze again.

“We've had another cold snap and the lake has refrozen.”

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Meanings

verbrefreeze (third-person singular simple present refreezes, present participle refreezing, simple past refroze, past participle refrozen)

present singular third person refreezes · participle present refreezing · past refroze · participle past refrozen

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo freeze again.

    We've had another cold snap and the lake has refrozen.

    2 more examples

    It's not a good idea to refreeze raw meat once it has been thawed.

    Successive falls of snow had thawed, or partially thawed, seeped into the ballast and, as temperatures dropped again, refrozen.

    1964 April, Warren Smith, “The Midland's accelerated timetable—the first year—II”, in Modern Railways, page 243

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishfreeze
  7. Englishrefreeze

From re- + freeze.

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APA

refreeze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refreeze

MLA

“refreeze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refreeze. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refreeze,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refreeze.

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