NOUN (1)

1. temporary inactivity or suspension;
- Example: "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"


VERB (1)

1. store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation;
- Example: "deep-freeze the food"

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deep freeze
    n 1: temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has
         now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze"
    v 1: store in a deep-freeze, as for conservation; "deep-freeze
         the food"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "deep freeze":
   blast, blast-freeze, blight, congeal, deep-freezer, freeze,
   freeze solid, freezer, freezing machine, glaciate, glacify, ice,
   ice machine, ice plant, ice-cream freezer, ice-cube machine,
   icehouse, nip, quick-freeze, refreeze, refrigerating engine,
   refrigerating machine, regelate, sharp-freezer