freezing mixture

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freezing mixture - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Freezing \Freez"ing\, a.
     Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in
     manner. -- Frrez"ing*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice.
  
     Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of
        chemical salts) for producing intense cold.
  
     Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a
        fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water,
        whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg]
        Centigrade.
        [1913 Webster]

freezing mixture - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  freezing mixture
      n 1: a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a
           temperature below the freezing point of water