antifreeze








noun

  1. a liquid used in the radiator of an internal-combustion engine to lower the freezing point of the cooling medium.

noun

  1. a liquid, usually ethylene glycol (ethanediol), added to cooling water to lower its freezing point, esp for use in an internal-combustion engine

also anti-freeze; 1913 (adj.), 1935 as a noun; from anti- + freeze.

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