Noun: freeze-drying freez drI-ing
- 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
"Freeze-drying is often used to preserve food for camping and emergency supplies";
- lyophilization, lyophilisation [Brit]
- Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum
"freeze-dry the strawberries"
Type of: dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation, freeze, freezing, keep, preserve
Encyclopedia: Freeze-drying