Freeze-dry

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state. transitive
  2. 2
    preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum wordnet

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