Definition of "quick-freeze" []

• To freeze (food) by a process sufficiently rapid to retain natural flavor, nutritional value, or other properties. (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.

• "The quick-freeze vitrification process works better."
• "Then turn on the quick-freeze setting if your freezer has it."
• "Hung peers jealously at their quick-freeze operation."