freezeout
noun
freezeout is a noun meaning “Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-Z-E-O-U-T, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of freezeout is freezeouts.
What does freezeout mean?
noun
- 1
Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases.
- 2
A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.
- 3
A tournament in which players are gradually eliminated and the last remaining player wins everything gambled.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of freezeout
- freezeouts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freezeout?
Freezeout appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does freezeout come from?
From freeze + out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).