Definition of Freeze-dry

1. Verb. Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum. "The chefs freeze-dry the vegetables"; "Freeze-dry the strawberries"

Entails: Dehydrate, Desiccate, Dry Up, Exsiccate
Specialized synonyms: Lyophilise, Lyophilize
Generic synonyms: Keep, Preserve

Definition of Freeze-dry

1. Verb. To remove volatile liquid from a substance by sublimation (normally under vacuum) from the frozen state ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Freeze-dry

freewheeling
freewheelingly
freewheels
freewill
freewoman
freewrite
freewrites
freewriting
freewritings
freewritten
freewrote
freezable
freezables
freeze
freeze-dried
freeze-dry (current term)
freeze-drying
freeze cleavage
freeze down
freeze etch
freeze etching
freeze fracture
freeze fracturing
freeze frame
freeze off
freeze out
freeze pop
freeze pops
freeze substitution
freeze valve

Literary usage of Freeze-dry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1905)
"One man put a barrel or two of water around each tree, and he saved his trees. In Nebraska you let a tree freeze dry, and it injures it. ..."

2. Technical Bulletin (1916)
"... 45.0 40.0 38.0 35.0 fi 0 7.0 10.0 12.0 18.0 22.0 2.5.0 29.0 32.0 29.0 12.0 21.0 35.50 20.00 40.0 40.0 Total water failed to freeze. Dry Basis. Per cent. ..."

3. The American Pastry Cook: A Book of Perfected Receipts for Making All Sorts by Jessup Whitehead (1894)
"... unfrozen in the middle, and place the shells in a freezer well packed in ice and «alt to freeze dry and ..."

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