Found 2 items, similar to freezing mixture.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: freezing mixture freezing mixture n : a mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water
English → English (gcide) Definition: Freezing mixture Freezing \Freez"ing\, a. Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- Frrez"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice. Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg] Centigrade. [1913 Webster]