'Freezing mixture' definitions:
Definition of 'freezing mixture'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water
Definition of 'Freezing mixture'
From: GCIDE
- 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]