Meanings
present singular third person refreezes · participle present refreezing · past refroze · participle past refrozen
- 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
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishfreeze
- Englishrefreeze
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with refreeze
Cite this entry
refreeze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refreeze
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