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"hard freeze" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a weather phenomenon where the temperature drops significantly and stays below freezing for an extended period of time. Example: The forecast predicted a hard freeze overnight, with temperatures dropping to single digits and remaining below freezing for at least 12 hours.
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hard freeze
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A freeze sufficiently long and severe to destroy seasonal vegetation and lead to ice formation in standing water and hard ground. Three degrees Celsius below freezing is considered a threshold in the US.
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"How many more minutes?" A hard freeze could be coming any day now.
But if we suddenly had a hard freeze, that would fry the trees.
When the danger of a hard freeze is past, these scions can be grafted onto young rootstock.
Fall is ideal for planting: root systems have time to settle in still-warm soil before hard freeze.
A good hard freeze, which many of the "alien invader species," as he calls them, would be unlikely to survive.
The bad side is 80 degrees on April Fool's Day, which brings out the apple blossoms, followed by a hard freeze.
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The root is hardy and not damaged by hard freezing of the soil.
The industry, lashed over the years by canker disease, hard freezes and multiple hurricanes, is no stranger to hardship.
Indeed, camellias have traditionally fared poorly in hard freezes, growing well mostly in the South and on the West Coast.
And in Smith Point, hard freezes are as infrequent as a smog-free view of Houston across the bay.
Come dessert, you almost chip your tooth on one of the hard, frozen strawberries in a deconstructed ice cream sandwich.
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