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FREEZING MIXTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freezing mixture mean? 

FREEZING MIXTURE (noun)
  The noun FREEZING MIXTURE has 1 sense:

1. a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of waterplay

  Familiarity information: FREEZING MIXTURE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREEZING MIXTURE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("freezing mixture" is a kind of...):

mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))


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