- past tense form of freeze-dry.
- past participle of freeze-dry.
freeze-dried
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of freeze-dried
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Contrary to popular belief, space food isn’t just freeze-dried packages or long tubes of bland, colorless and soulless slop.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Donna, who used to work in the military but now works in education, stores water, tinned food, freeze-dried food, tea, coffee, powdered milk and a first aid kit.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
One six-week clinical study highlighted in the review found that adults who consumed 25 grams of freeze-dried wild blueberry powder daily experienced increases in beneficial Bifidobacterium species.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
In between pulls, she snacked on freeze-dried duck liver bits and got a massage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
My freeze-dried potatoes will add another 200 kilograms.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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