quick-freeze

[ kwik-freez ]

verb (used with object),quick-froze, quick-fro·zen, quick-freez·ing.
  1. to freeze (cooked or uncooked food) rapidly, permitting it to be stored almost indefinitely at freezing temperatures.

Origin of quick-freeze

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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British Dictionary definitions for quick-freeze

quick-freeze

verb-freezes, -freezing, -froze or -frozen
  1. (tr) to preserve (food) by subjecting it to rapid refrigeration at temperatures of 0°C or lower

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