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Definition of "freeze-dry" [freeze•-dry]

  • To preserve (food, for example) by rapid freezing and drying in a high vacuum. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "freeze-dry" in a sentence
  • "Most new dishes start with an interrogation: What happens if we freeze-dry foie gras?"
  • "We can ' t freeze-dry our kids and wait for your pilot programs to pan out."
  • "Ain't like we can freeze-dry Barry and wake him up when he grows his balls back, and I don't see Hillary swooping in to save the day."
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