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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"
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
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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