freeze-dry (fr z dr  )tr.v. freeze-dried, freeze-dry·ing, freeze-dries To preserve (food, for example) by rapid freezing and drying in a high vacuum. |
freeze-dry
Verb
[-dries, -drying, -dried] to preserve (food) by rapid freezing and drying in a vacuum
| freeze-dry 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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| Verb | 1. | freeze-dry - preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries" lyophilise, lyophilize - to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum |
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