quick-freeze
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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quick-freezesimple
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quick-freezessimple
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have quick-frozenperfect
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has quick-frozenperfect
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am quick-freezingprogressive
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are quick-freezingprogressive
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is quick-freezingprogressive
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have been quick-freezingperfect progressive
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has been quick-freezingperfect progressive
Past
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quick-frozesimple
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had quick-frozenperfect
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was quick-freezingprogressive
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were quick-freezingprogressive
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had been quick-freezingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of quick-freeze
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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It has a stop-and-start rhythm of quick-freeze balletic poses and long pauses set against bursts of larger movements and loud footfalls.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
For faster freezing: Some freezers have a quick-freeze shelf that should be used.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2020
Now it’s core staff, hair-netted and suited up, spreading fat sea scallops across a mechanized belt and running them through two brine tanks and two washes and then a quick-freeze.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
Instead of cooking and serving the food immediately, microwave users now quick-freeze the dishes after cooking them on conventional stoves and store them like TV dinners until the time comes to serve.
From Time Magazine Archive
He set up batteries of incubators and brooders, invested $80,000 in an eviscerating and quick-freeze plant.
From Time Magazine Archive
The North Pole, settling near Siberia, quick-froze the mammoths.
From Time Magazine Archive
All of the bagged shrimp you see in the freezer cases has been individually quick-frozen, which preserves the texture of the seafood during the freezing process.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
“You can buy individually quick-frozen shrimp from the grocery store, but there is a significant quality difference between fresh shrimp and frozen shrimp,” Morris said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
That’s where LePage’s dream of processing plants comes into play—cooked and individually quick-frozen lobsters can be shipped worldwide with ease.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2012
He said the compounds migrate to the poles and then get quick-frozen and collect in craters, where they stay "in the permanent shadows."
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2010
Donald Kiteley Tressler and William T. Murray of Gloucester have been trying to determine just how long to age beef in order to make a tender quick-frozen meat.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the city trade he advocates a branch plant system whereby self-service locker plants have their dressing, quick-freezing and administration handled by a central unit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The quick-freezing boom, barely 15 years old, is growing fast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among many "quick-freezing" problems are how to preserve taste, appearance and nutrition values upon defrosting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sudden snow, quick-freezing sleet caught Londoners so unawares that within 24 hours 30 hospitals were tending 1600 patients injured by slips and falls.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had heard of things like that on the quick-freezing fresh water of the lakes—small boats adrift crowded with men sitting upright in them, ice-coated, frozen, lifeless!
From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin
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