freeze-dried

[freez-drahyd]

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adjective

(of foods and beverages) preserved by means of freeze-drying: freeze-dried coffee.

Origin of freeze-dried

First recorded in 1945–50

freeze-dry

[freez-drahy]

verb (used with object), freeze-dried, freeze-dry·ing.

to subject to freeze-drying.

Origin of freeze-dry

First recorded in 1945–50

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British Dictionary definitions for freeze-dried

freeze-dry

verb -dries, -drying or -dried

(tr) to preserve (a substance) by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum

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freeze-dried in Science

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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Origin of freeze-dry

Examples from the Web for freeze-dried

Contemporary Examples

Apparently you make people free by planning for disaster with "freeze-dried entrees or dehydrated options."

So remember, investors, buy guns, gold, and freeze-dried food.

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