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freeze-dry

freeze-dry verb: to remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.

Verb

freeze-dry (third-person singular simple present freeze-dries, present participle freeze-drying, simple past and past participle freeze-dried)

  1. (transitive) To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.

Synonyms of freeze-dry

Forms of freeze-dry

third-person singular presentfreeze-dries
present participlefreeze-drying
past participlefreeze-dried
pastfreeze-dried

Questions about freeze-dry

What does freeze-dry mean?
Freeze-dry means to remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.
What part of speech is freeze-dry?
Freeze-dry is a verb.
What is the past tense of freeze-dry?
The past tense of freeze-dry is freeze-dried.

Words near freeze-dry in the dictionary

  1. freeze valve
  2. freeze valves
  3. freeze-ahead
  4. freeze-dried
  5. freeze-dries
  6. freeze-dry
  7. freeze-drying
  8. freeze-frame
  9. freeze-framed
  10. freeze-frames
  11. freeze-framing

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