freeze-drying Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
    lyophilisation; lyophilization.
  2. verb preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
    freeze-dry.
    • freeze-dry the strawberries

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