freeze (something) into (something)
1. To subject something to cold temperatures and cause it to change state. The frigid air froze the remaining snow into a sheet of ice. The temperature plummeted and froze the pond into an ice skating rink. Honey, you can't really freeze melted ice cream back into hard scoops.
2. To subject something to cold temperatures so that it assumes a particular shape. I entertained the kids with a special ice cube tray that freezes water into hearts and stars. If you use that opal wand, you can freeze your enemies into blocks of ice. We'll use silicone molds to freeze the mixture into fun shapes.
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freeze something into something
1. to use cold to solidify something into a different state, usually water into ice. The extreme cold froze the water of the river into solid ice. The cold snap froze the water in the puddles into hard sheets of ice.
2. to use cold to solidify something into a particular shape. We froze the ice cream into the shape of a penguin. This ice tray will freeze water into little round balls of ice.
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