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flash-frozen

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flash-freeze (flshfrz)
tr.v. flash-froze (-frz), flash-fro·zen (-frzn), flash-freez·ing, flash-freez·es
1. To freeze (produce, meat, or fish) immediately after harvesting, butchering, or catching.
2. To freeze (a biological specimen, for example) instantaneously by exposure to an environment of very low temperature.
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Adj.1.flash-frozen - (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods"
quick-frozen, frozen
preserved - prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use


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