Freezing vs. Thawing

Freezingadjective

(literally) Suffering or causing frost

Freezingadjective

Very cold

Freezingnoun

The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.

Freezingnoun

The action of numbing with anesthetics.

Freezingverb

present participle of freeze

Freezingadjective

Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.

Freezingnoun

the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

Freezing

Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid or the liquid content of a substance, usually due to cooling.

Thawingnoun

The process by which something thaws.

Thawingnoun

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid;

Thawingnoun

warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt;