Found 2 items, similar to Freeze-dried.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: freeze-dried
freeze-dried
adj 1: used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological
substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum [syn:
lyophilized,
lyophilised]
2: preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum;
“freeze-dried
coffee”
freeze-dry
v : preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a
vacuum;
“freeze-dry the strawberries”
[also:
freeze-dried]
freeze-dried
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freeze-dry
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Freeze-dried
Freeze-dry
\Freeze"-dry`\ (fr[=e]z"-dr[imac]`), v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Freeze-dried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Freeze-drying.]
to remove the moisture from (e.g. food) by first freezing and
then subjecting to a high vacuum; -- used as a mild method
for drying foods or chemicals while causing little
decomposition, in contrast to heat-drying.
Note: This is a relatively gently drying process used to
preserve food or sensitive biological materials. For
biochemical materials, the term
{lyophilize} is often
used.
[PJC]