wallynm wrote:
Read this thread to understand correct description to use. it ain't frozen as it is not below 32
My RV oven control, at least, is not in the liquid state and so is very much frozen. Oven knobs melt and freeze at a different temperature than water.
Frozen does have other definitions, as well. My dictionary lists among the definitions for frozen "affected as if turned into ice; made motionless (frozen with terror)" and "arbitrarily kept at a fixed level or in a fixed position". For freeze, the root word, it specifically lists this: "Mechanics: to stick or become tight as a result of expansion of parts caused by overheating, increased friction due to inadequate lubrication or corrosion, etc." The usage is well-established even if you don't approve of it.
Would you also complain that a seized engine which won't turn over isn't really seized unless it had been confiscated by law enforcement officials? Or that a gas station generally sells liquids rather than gasses?
