freeze-dry
to subject to freeze-drying.
Origin of freeze-dry
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How to use freeze-dry in a sentence
The others we stretched on frames and allowed to freeze dry, after which we laid them on our couch.
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British Dictionary definitions for freeze-dry
(tr) to preserve (a substance) by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
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Scientific definitions for 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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