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/ˈantiˌfrēz/,
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antifreezes, plural;
  1. A liquid, typically one based on ethylene glycol, which can be added to water to lower the freezing point, chiefly used in the radiator of a motor vehicle


  1. a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point
  2. Antifreeze is used in internal combustion engines and many other heat transfer applications, such as HVAC chillers and solar water heaters. ...
  3. Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) or ice structuring proteins (ISPs) refer to a class of polypeptides produced by certain vertebrates, plants, fungi and bacteria that permit their survival in subzero environments. ...
  4. A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water; used as an additive in the radiators of motorcars
  5. Heroin. Synonyms include Big H, brown sugar, dope, golden girls, H, horse, junk, poison, skag, smack, sweet dreams, tar, and train, according to the web site of Phoenix House, a national alcohol and drug abuse treatment and prevention facility.
  6. The fluid mixed with water that is put into your vehicle's radiator. Antifreeze is traditionally green in color; however, newer long-life antifreezes may be red or orange. Please refer to your vehicle's owner's manual for the proper antifreeze for your vehicle.
  7. in snow melting, hydronic and radiant heating systems, antifreeze is usually a food grade propylene glycol.
  8. A very rare and extremely difficult shot in which a stone is delivered so that it will come to rest behind another stone already in play, created the same effect as if one stone had been frozen to the other.
  9. A substance (usually ethylene glycol) mixed with water, and added to the cooling system, to prevent freezing of the coolant in winter. ...
  10. A liquid that cools a truck's engine but will not freeze. Antifreeze was once used only in cold weather but today's trucks use antifreeze, more properly called coolant, year round. It should be checked regularly and changed at specified intervals.
  11. A liquid that mixes with the water in a cooling system of a vehicle's engine. Antifreeze keeps the water from freezing in the winter or cold climates, or from overheating in the summer or hot climates.
  12. A special liquid, which prevents water from freezing.  Anti-freeze is used in vehicle cooling systems, such as the radiator as well as in all areas where water is used in a motor home during the winter months. This prevents the water from freezing and breaking pipes and holding tanks.
  13. A female relative from Greenland
  14. A liquid used to protect the engine from both overheating and from extreme cold.  Commonly a mixture of water and some type of alcohol.