flash-frozen

flash-freeze

(flăsh′frēz′)

tr.v. flash-froze (-frōz′), flash-fro·zen (-frō′zən), 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.

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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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