had been freeze-drying

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of freeze-dry.
  freeze-dry

  verb (used with object)

  to subject to freeze-drying.

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