FREEZE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freeze out mean? 

• FREEZE OUT (verb)
  The verb FREEZE OUT has 1 sense:

1. change from a liquid to a solid when cold

  Familiarity information: FREEZE OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREEZE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a liquid to a solid when cold

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

freeze; freeze down; freeze out

Context example:

Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit

Hypernyms (to "freeze out" is one way to...):

solidify (become solid)

Verb group:

freeze (change to ice)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

If the cavity walls collapse to form a star, particularly a less-massive one like the Sun, phosphorus monoxide can freeze out and get trapped in the icy dust grains that remain around the new star.

(Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks, ESO)