"freeze-dry" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: freeze-dries [present, singular, third-person], freeze-drying [participle, present], freeze-dried [participle, past], freeze-dried [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: freeze drying Tags: transitive Synonyms: lyophilise Translations (to cause to sublimate from frozen state): liofilitzar (Catalan), pakastekuivattaa (Finnish), lyophiliser (French), cryodessécher (French), liofilizzare (Italian), tauraki tio (Maori), liofilizar (Occitan), criodessecar (Portuguese), liofilizar (Spanish), frystorka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-freeze-dry-en-verb-nNyYHME6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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