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Adjective: freeze-dried  freez drId
  1. Used of tissue, blood, serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum
    - lyophilized, lyophilised [Brit]
     
  2. Preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum
    "freeze-dried coffee"
Verb: freeze-dry  freez drI
  1. Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
    "freeze-dry the strawberries"

See also: preserved

Type of: keep, preserve

Encyclopedia: Freeze-dried