below freezing
Colder than ice
Below freezing describes temperatures at or under 32°F (0°C), the point where water turns to ice.
The phrase works as both adjective and adverb: temperatures dropped below freezing, It's below freezing outside.
In weather reports and casual conversation, it signals cold enough to form ice or snow.
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- wind chill factorPerceived temperature from moving air
frostbite · hypothermia · arctic · polar · polar vortex · cold front · windchill · numb · shivering · bundled · parka · long johns · space heater · hot cocoa · frost · ice crystals · cold snap · dead of winter
below freezingboiling
Liquid vaporization temperature
scorching · hot · sweltering · warm · tropical
below freezingheat wave
Extended extreme warmth
sweltering heat · baking · oppressive heat · summery · sultry
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