(economics) Any market in which trade is unregulated by government; an economic system free from government intervention.

(idiomatic) extremely and unpleasantly cold

(idiomatic) extreme and unpleasant cold

(usually historical) A person who is not a serf or slave. / (historical) A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.

(poetic) The United States of America.

(meteorology) A freeze sufficiently long and severe to destroy seasonal vegetation and lead to ice formation in standing water and hard ground. 27°F (-3°C) is considered a threshold in the US.

Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.

A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.

A shallow trench, sometimes lined with tile or containing a perforated pipe, backfilled with gravel and then covered over, used to collect and channel runoff water.

plural of free state