n. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

adj. extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"

adj. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"

adj. neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze"

adj. uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather"

adj. of persons; feeling cold; "Poor Tom's acold"- Shakespeare

adj. chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure"

adj. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; "bitter cold"; "a biting wind"

adj. unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

adj. made or kept cold by refrigeration; "keep the milk refrigerated"; "a refrigerated truck"

adj. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"

adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)

adj. very cold; "whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet"

adj. covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner

adj. "iced tea"

adj. as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)

adj. causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide"

adj. cold enough to cause shivers; "felt all shivery"; "shivery weather"

adj. completely cold; "by the time he got back to his coffee it was stone-cold"

adj. not having been heated or warmed; "an unheated room"; "unwarmed rolls"

n. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

adj. used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"