CONGELATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing

Synonyms:

congealment; congelation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("congelation" is a kind of...):

curing; hardening; set; solidification; solidifying (the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization)

Derivation:

congeal (become gelatinous)

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