CONGELATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does congelation mean? 

• CONGELATION (noun)
  The noun CONGELATION has 1 sense:

1. the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing

  Familiarity information: CONGELATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGELATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

congealment; congelation

Hypernyms ("congelation" is a kind of...):

curing; hardening; set; solidification; solidifying (the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization)

Derivation:

congeal (become gelatinous)