refreeze

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English

Etymology

From re- +‎ freeze.

Pronunciation

Verb

refreeze (third-person singular simple present refreezes, present participle refreezing, simple past refroze, past participle refrozen)

  1. (transitive) To freeze again.
    It's not a good idea to refreeze raw meat once it has been thawed.
  2. (intransitive) To freeze again.
    We've had another cold snap and the lake has refrozen.
    • 1964 April, Warren Smith, “The Midland's accelerated timetable—the first year—II”, in Modern Railways, page 243:
      Successive falls of snow had thawed, or partially thawed, seeped into the ballast and, as temperatures dropped again, refrozen.