Congelation

n.	1.	The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. - Arbuthnot.
	2.	The state of being congealed.
	3.	That which is congealed. Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. - Taller.

Noun

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congelation - the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing Synonyms: congealment

congeal, congealment, curing, hardening, jell, set, solidification, solidifying