freeze-dry

[ freez-drahy ]

verb (used with object)

, freeze-dried, freeze-dry·ing.

1. to subject to freeze-drying.

freeze-dry

verb

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

freeze-dry

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freeze-dry¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The others we stretched on frames and allowed to freeze dry, after which we laid them on our couch.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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