Synonyms

freeze-dry

American

[freez-drahy] / ˈfrizˈdraɪ /

verb (used with object)

freeze-dried, freeze-drying

to subject to freeze-drying.

freeze-dry British

verb

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

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freeze-dry Scientific

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.

Etymology

Origin of freeze-dry

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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The market emerged when TikTok influencers showed off their favourite freeze-dried candy.

From BBC

In between pulls, she snacked on freeze-dried duck liver bits and got a massage.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s finally freeze-dried to form ice sheets in a vacuum that are eventually broken to produce the final product.

From Salon

The freeze-dried puffs are made with natural ingredients, including spirulina, paprika, vegetable juice, turmeric and fruit juice.

From Salon

From this bold declaration she unspools her thesis: The Constitution was not freeze-dried at the beginning but instead has bloomed and grown to meet the republic’s needs, as the framers foresaw.

From Los Angeles Times

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