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What does freeze-dry mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word freeze-dry? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.
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Our technique involves establishing a careful balance between pressure and temperature during the freeze-dry process, to maintain the integrity of the bacteria keeping them viable, with all their beneficial properties.
Then it will take several months to freeze-dry the sections to remove the remaining water, but despite the wait the final result should look excellent.
The concept, however, of growing plants containing useful substances – which you could process, extract and freeze-dry, then have administered by a medical professional – still remains.
It doesn't craft stylized types and freeze-dry them, as do most police procedurals.
Winter is his busy season, a time when he works outdoors in below-zero weather, taking advantage of mountain cold to freeze-dry his hides.
Freeman has worked extensively with the University of Guelph to develop freeze-dry technology, and as a result, his farm's first project is to manufacture garlic powder with allicin.

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