verb · neutral
freeze
/friːz/FREEZE
to become or make something very cold so it turns to ice; to stop movement or activity suddenly
Examples
“Temperatures froze overnight and the pipes burst.”
“The government froze wages to control inflation.”
“He froze on stage when he forgot his lines.”
Band 8 sentence
“Faced with runaway inflation, the government introduced emergency measures to freeze prices and stabilise the economy.”
Collocations
- freeze assets
- freeze prices/wages
Word family
Common mistakes
The company freeze wages last year.→The company froze wages last year.
The pipes are frozen yesterday.→The pipes froze yesterday.
They have freeze bank accounts.→They have frozen bank accounts.
Say it for a higher band
5stop→6halt→7+freeze
Synonyms
halt
stop
Easily confused
halt
“The project was halted due to lack of funds.”
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