freeze-dry

[ freez-drahy ]
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verb (used with object),freeze-dried, freeze-dry·ing.
  1. to subject to freeze-drying.

Origin of freeze-dry

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for freeze-dry

freeze-dry

verb-dries, -drying or -dried
  1. (tr) to preserve (a substance) by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum

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Scientific definitions for freeze-dry

freeze-dry

  1. To preserve a substance, such as food, by freezing it rapidly and placing it in a vacuum chamber, where the water frozen in the substance evaporates through sublimation.

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