Definition of freeze-drying

Overview of noun freeze-drying

The noun freeze-drying has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation

(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)

Overview of verb freeze-dry

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1. freeze-dry

(preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries")