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Wintertime necessity, on the road
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antifreeze
Alternative clues for the word antifreeze
Word definitions for antifreeze in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
An antifreeze is an additive which lowers the freezing point of a water-based liquid. An antifreeze mixture is used to achieve freezing-point depression for cold environments and also achieves boiling-point elevation ("anti-boil") to allow higher coolant ...
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n. a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point
Usage examples of antifreeze.
Swearing under his breath for not carrying a roll of duct tape and a jug of antifreeze, he pushed the flash light into the pocket of his parka and struck out for the highway, snow crunching under his boots.
After a minute he hoisted a roll of duct tape onto the counter, then swung a gallon of antifreeze next to the tape.
Nodding toward the duct tape and antifreeze, he said, "What do I owe you?
He got into the white patrol car with the gold BIA insignia emblazoned on the side and settled the duct tape and plastic bottle of antifreeze on the floor next to his boots.
I stared blindly at the end of the tractor, where antifreeze was soaking into the dirt floor.
I lowered myself to the ground and scooped the dirt aside with my hands, pulling clods of dirt back into the hole excavated for the antifreeze.
They were waist-deep in the engine compartment, checking out the belts and the radiator, which was miraculously free of the corrosion and the green gunk that is the residue of years of antifreeze, checking out the generator and the tight, gleaming pistons socketed in their valves.
The hood had been crimped up when the Plymouth blasted through the barrier arm, and the radiator was dripping a mixture of water and antifreeze that steamed on the snow like fresh animal spoor.
Go into the kitchen and pour all the antifreeze in the blue bottle into the green can.
The truck and car were both filled with new antifreeze and given new batteries, and he began parking them in the garage to keep them out of the wind.
Never mind where she'd come from, what she was doing here, or why she smelled like diluted antifreeze when she burped.
The smell of her breath was awful - antifreeze with something oily and organic beneath it - but he stayed close, and made no move to draw back.
And when Bowser crawls into Jonesy's lap - Bowser with his sharp teeth and his ethery antifreeze smell - Jonesy barely notices.
Stretched across its width were floats made of clusters of blue plastic antifreeze jugs, tied together by their handles.
One by one, the clusters of antifreeze jugs glugged under the surface…and stayed there, trembling in the current.