Definition of Quick-frozen

1. Adjective. (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value. "Frozen foods"

Exact synonyms: Flash-frozen, Frozen
Similar to: Preserved

Definition of Quick-frozen

1. Adjective. Of something whose temperature has been lowered rapidly to below the freezing point. ¹

2. Verb. (past participle of quick-freeze) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quick-frozen

quiched
quichelike
quiches
quiches lorraines
quiching
quick
quick-and-dirty
quick-change(a)
quick-draw
quick-eared
quick-fire
quick-freeze
quick-freezes
quick-freezing
quick-froze
quick-frozen (current term)
quick-sighted
quick-stop mutant
quick-tempered
quick-witted
quick-wittedly
quick-wittedness
quick and dirty
quick as a flash
quick bread
quick buck
quick cure resin
quick fix

Literary usage of Quick-frozen

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

1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"De-aired water was quick frozen in the same mold as the soil. Some specimens were constructed by packing saturated snow in the mold and quick freezing. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The minicell purification and DNA labeling procedure has been described (7) except that minicells obtained from 16 liters of medium were quick frozen in 7.5 ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Briefly, tissue was quick frozen and sections of 4-5 jum were cut on a cryostat. Optimal dilutions of rabbit or goat antisera (Cappel Laboratories, ..."

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