quick-freezing

verb

present participle of quick-freeze
as in freezing

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quick-freezing
  1. freezing
  2. frosting
Verb
  • Measures include freezing the civil service pay index and tightening reimbursement for sick leave.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Two Utah residents who hiked Mount Shasta in Northern California were rescued after they became stranded during a perilous 36-hour journey through freezing conditions.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of freezing
Verb
  • Pipe zigzags by starting at the base of the cake and pipe a 1 ½-inch-wide zigzag of frosting up the side of the cake.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Allow to cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then turn the cake out onto a plate or a wire rack and reinvert onto the wire rack to cool completely before frosting, about 90 minutes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of frosting
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

quick-freezes
quick-freezing
quick-froze
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Quick-freezing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-freezing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of grotesque

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

'Za' and 9 Other Words to Help You Win at SCRABBLE
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
different halloween monsters in silhouette
A Monstrous Vocab Quiz Words That Go Bump in the Night
See All