verb
- Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum.
- usage: "freeze-dry the strawberries"
- synonyms: freeze-dry
adjective
- Used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum.
- synonyms: lyophilized, lyophilised
- Preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum.
- usage: "freeze-dried coffee"
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